[Ymer]

Just curious about the PS2's output, how ****tty it really is/what does it compare with?

 

[Vertigo-1]

It's bad. Most discmans have better lineouts than the PS2s.

 

[dMoog]

Maybe it's just the onboard DAC that sucks. The PS2 does have an optical out... How about trying an external DAC?

 

[Ymer]

Or maybe connecting it to a soundcard's optical in?

Just an idea

 

[lini]

It also suffers from rather high jitter, as far as I remember. And it would be a pretty loud player, anyway. I'd not recommend it as such.

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini

 

[marios_mar]

Hi,
I dont really know about PS2 but I was reading across some High-End audio magazines. And they had a test of the best market players around $1500. And then they had some cheaper solutions. And they said that because in the PSone (the small one) and the psx and the PS2 (the grey one) has a good way of doing the DAC conversion using the processor the result can be very decent (with hi-fi criteria) if they are placed in a sturdy base.

And a PSone costs about 50new. You cannot beat that. And I think these people doing tests and suff at hi-fi magazines are usually pretty selective people.
I dont remember anything

So I am surprised to hear that PS2 doesnt sound very good to your ears. I am not saying it sounds like a $1500 CDP but for $50 you get something much better than what you would get for the money.

I think the same applies for the PS2 as a CDP as well as a PS2

 

[Ctn]

Why not connect the ps2 to a dac that reclocks the bits so bye bye jitter.

 

[Ohoen]

Haven't tried the optical out but I can tell you that the stock cable sucks. It picks up hum very easily and, of course, it's not a standard RCA so there's no recourse except optical.