[microphage]

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/c...onnectors.html

isn't this like... forbidden? They used the PS1 as their source(scroll down for pics).

Anybody wanna do a comparison of this and say... an Oppo or a Dreamcast?

 

[colonelkernel8]

No. Its all a load of crap. Do not listen to 6moons. They are the undisputed champions of snake oil and reviewers who are swayed too much by the placebo effect.

 

[Azure]

This has been mentioned quite a few times here and is quite old news. Here are just a few threads (I used the search tool to find them):

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=142609
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=231773
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=212277
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=50762
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=208531
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=237104

I highly doubt the PS1 is better than real high-end source, or mid-fi sources. I believe it's just supposed to be a relatively adequate, budget source (compared to everything else out there).

 

[spritzer]

I have used it and it is quite good but only a very bad 6k$ player would be challenged. It is much better then most cheap cdp's but you need to mod it to release its true potential.

 

[MichaelPublic]

There's about 140 pages on the Playstation 1 as redbook source, including some very serious mods at diyaudio, everything from a couple of quick solder points for wires and a 12 inch inner tube underneath for vibration to full metal case fabrications for top loading cdps, if I remember correctly.

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showt...threadid=31123

 

[ojyarumaru]

I don't think that it can contend to mid-fi sources.

 

[Ahriman4891]

Any gamer knows that PS1 has a horrible, unreliable optical drive. Your money is better invested elsewhere, imho.

 

[Killercrush]

Anyway my PS1 have some grape juice here and there all over the laser pick-up...

.... oh and it doesn't have any RCA's outputs !

 

[melomaniac]

the new issue of stereophile even goes after this rumor. shame on you, shame on us for even attempting to extend the life of this audiophiel equivalent of a silly urban legend... but I guess that's where the net excels

 

[GreatDane]

Hey don't badmouth the PS1, I just sold mine for $500.

 

[snejk]

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreatDane /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hey don't badmouth the PS1, I just sold mine for $500.

Hmmm... I wonder where my PS1 went... think I gave it to my brother many a years ago, prhaps a call to him is in place.

 

[GreatDane]

Quote:

Originally Posted by snejk /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hmmm... I wonder where my PS1 went... think I gave it to my brother many a years ago, prhaps a call to him is in place.

lol. There's always a sucker out there.

Of course I'm only kidding. I just sold mine to a Head-Fier for $15.

 

[selfdivider]

I use PS1 exclusively as a CDP in my system, which is $10K+ MSRP-wise. The key is in system matching. You need to at least use great, warmish interconnects. I use Cardas Quadlinks, which you can pick up used for a bit less than $100. The sound is just phenomenal, opens up the bass & soundstage of the PS1 so much. The PS1 sounds so good in my system that I had no use for Cambridge Audio 840C anymore (although I miss its DAC capabilities.) I think most $6K players will sound better than PS1, though, but a vast # of players under that price - which I've heard - do not sound as fluid & analog-warm as the PS1. There are few players I'd take over the PS1, such as Primare CD31, Bluenote Stibbert or some non-upsampling models from Consonance, but these cost many times over the PS1. PS1 is the real deal.

Apparently, the Germans have this PS1 thing figured out & are pretty crazy about modding up the PS1. Check out this crazy tubestage for the PS1! Anyone read German?

TubeStagePS :: playfidelity.com

 

[Jolida302]

Buy the smallest Nad on second hand! (much better than Cambridge)

 

[nick_charles]

I owned a PS1 briefly which I bought as an experiment for £10. Frankly it was as good as my Marantz CD player but the interface was almost impossible without a monitor so it had to go. Obviously I could not say whether it could compete with a really high end CD player but it was pretty good especially at that price.