Mrtennis your request for information on the worlds worst sounding CD player has been duly noted & you have many responses, including Zaikesmans to consider. Your sincerity is only surpassed by your boldness to even post such a thread. A Therapist? If the shoe fits, wear it. |
Dave: Off on the years -- but right on for giving Mrtennis the recommendation he surely deserves ;^) |
Zaikesman
HeHe, I guess was off on the years...a long time ago anyway!
Dave |
Try Vicodin ES or, better yet, morphine with a double-shot chaser. I guarantee ALL your music sources will sound better...
-RW- |
Now *that's* funny -- a Bose recommendation from a guy who recalls listening to CD's back in the 70's ;^) |
I agree with Rwwear...get some Bose. I owned the 901's in the 70's...CD's sounded very bad for the most part back then, the Bose helped a lot because of their upper freq roll off.
You could mate them with a tubed cd player...maybe the one mentioned above, or the CAL you like.
Dave |
Mrtennis really Mr. Gillette? Nah -- Sam Tellig is funny. Hey, maybe he's really John McEnroe or Jimmy Connors... |
Here's an alternative suggestion: buy a bunch of old Jackie Gleason recordings in the "music for lovers" vein that he produced. If that stuff doesn't put you to sleep... |
Listen to diana krall. I know its only a placebo, but it arrives pretty nearly to the same end, and it may hold you oblivious until you can the right sort of player. |
you guys need a therapist. you are almost as bad as some manufacturers with big egos.
i'm not sam tellig and i'm sorry if i offended anyone. |
TROLL ALERT!!!!! this guy could very well be sam tellig. that guy used to post over in AA and he was one of the worst trolls i've ever run across.
i can deal with unprofessional. this guy was just out to cause trouble. (much like the thread-starter)
the beuaty of trolls? - ignore them and they go away. |
I think I got it! Mrtennis, are you Sam Tellig from Stereophile magazine doing undercover research? |
another thought:
i suspect i have annuciated a position with which no audiophile would agree.
if so, let people suggest that i turn in my audiophile society membership card and be barred from purchasing so called "high end" equipment. |
to zaikesman:
what evidence do you have that i am insincere ?
you have a right to prefer your stereo system to sound anyway you want.
why don't i have that right too ?
is there anything i said which sounds like i don't mean what i say ??
have i offended your sensibility and questioned your standards as to what constitues acceptable and/or good sound ??
i welcome a personal conversation.
perhaps i could learn from you. |
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Well, you mention the Cal Tempest in your other post, so why not use something you've already recommended?
I suspect the problem is elsewhere, not at your CDP. |
go to the skeet range and fire 200 rounds of 12 gauge without earmuffs....that should turn the sound of any cd player into thick caramel syrup. when the effect runs out, repeat the trip to the range. |
Ta da! Behold Mrtennis' first thread and only Agon post (under that moniker anyway). Insincere, yet unfunny. Wonder if there'll ever be another? If so (and you're welcome by all -- even if you're a skeptic/critic), I'd suggest tweaking the approach... |
Your kidding, correct? Sounds like your burned out on stereo gear, just turn the volume down. |
One of those Philly audio preamps should give you all you need and more..what a piece of junk! It should make you proud of the caramel coated system.:-0 Put any cd player with it ..they'll all sound the same any way. |
Most car CD players ought to fit your bill. You can set up an array of drivers like they do in the install-in-one-hour car stereo shops and go to town. Or just camp out in your vehicle of choice. |
You need an Audio Aero Capitole MK II player, preferably the SE version.
Enjoy. |
Jolida JD100 should fit the bill quite well, at least the one I owned... |
Maybe a preamp with tone controls make you happier? |
Just cover your speakers with socks, pillow cases and the like....too "detailed" add more dirty laundry...
John |
I've got an old portable CD player from 1987 around here somewhere and when the rechargable battery runs down (pretty quickly now) it sounds VERY veiled with the highs completely gone. Lows too! It still sounds better then my neighbors Blose though.
Maybe you should just keep what'ya got and wax-impregnate some cotton balls and stick'em in your ears! |
Sorry, but we all know that CDs are "perfect sound...forever". You'll have to just get used to the fact that all CD players players produce perfect sound. Maybe you could sing yourself to sleep. It would be cheaper. |
Get a Blose, I mean Bose system. |
