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Hello! This is a quick review/measurements set of a Pioneer DV-565A CD/DVD player, tested in CD mode. The unit itself is built and feels like a typical Mid-Fi: generally pleasant appearance, but all buttons have almost no travel and sometimes require force to be activated. We have a decent...

Hello! This is a quick review/measurements set of a Pioneer DV-717 CD/DVD player, tested in CD mode. I was loaned this unit just for a few days, so I took an opportunity to measure such a high-end (for early 2000s) device. Well, at least it looks cool. Released in 1998 it had a price of...

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Hi everybody ! Why opening a thread dedicated to multichannel classical recordings? Because we are on a forum where people care about objectivity and perfection. Let's not forget that stereophonic sound was designed and perfected in the 1930s almost from its birth to be on more than 2 channels...

Trend DV-821A This is a review and measurements of a cheap DVD player, Trend DV-821A. It costed about $35 in 2009. It plays DVD/MP4/SVCD/VCD/CD/HD-CD/WMA/MP3/JPEG files. Parameters as per user manual: Frequency response … 20Hz – 20kHz / +/-1dB / Fs = 192kHz Audio S/N … >= 90dB Dynamic range...

ONKYO DV-SP503E universal player I bought this universal player in 2005 and it is still working. It is based on cheap TI PCM1742 D/A converter. It works now only with original CDs (does not read CD-R well), reads DVD and DVD-A and has troubles with SACD. So I restricted my CD measurements to...