PS1 As CD player reviews

[matthew2456]

After reading the silly long thread here, Sony Playstation 1 SCPH-1002 and remote for sale , I thought it would be good to gather in one place peoples opinions.

Please post

1. Your thoughts including comparisons

2. What setup you've heard it with

3. What mods had been carried out etc

Thanks

[Ziggy]

I'll be first to chime in:

1. Fast, articulate and transparent sound. Very involving with good inner detail . Good on microdynamic information. Solid and realistic piano. Compared to a Marantz CD80, prefer the PS.

2. Set up : DIY LOW POWER 845SE, 15'' BASS HORN + LECLEACH HORN ON SELENIUM COMPRESSION DRIVER. NOTHING SPECIAL SPEAKER CABLES/INTERCONNECTS.

3. No mods to PS at the moment.

[phn]

I have found myself using my Pioneer DVD player a lot lately. It's great for this, which I have been listening to a lot lately.

I would say that the one quality that sets the PSX apart is naturalness. It may very well be its only quality for all I care. Before writing this I did a quick A/B comparison, playing Faye Wong's Di-Dar on my PSX and DVD player. Her voice sounds more natural or "round" on the PSX.

Only mod is Feuerbacher output mod.

It should be said that I couldn't hear any difference between CD and mp3 to save my life. I would take a hand-crank phonograph connected to a 1930s tabletop radio over a Krell or Naim system any day. The phonograph-radio combo makes the music sound organic and alive. Those are the qualities I put above everything else. The other stuff I don't care very much about.

"Men of violence will be killed.
When people are born they are all soft and weak.
When they are dead, they are stiff and hard.
When the plants are born, they are supple and crisp.
When they are dead they are dry and brittle.
Therefore hard and strong are the followers of death.
Soft and weak are the followers of life.
That is why when the army is strong it will not be victorious."
--Laozi, Daodejing