chadbang
Headphoneus Supremus
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My PS1 "audiophile" CD player arrived today. I have to say it got off to a shakey start. At first I couldn't get it to play. Then, after a little cleaning and some slight "jarring," ahem, it began to play. Everyone is right about burn it. It sounded like absolute crap for the first hour. All glassy midrange. But I have to say, I don't think 3 days of burn-in is necessary, either. About two hours later the highs and lows started filling out. And IT SOUNDED GREAT! I was going from the PS1 into my Airhead into my Senn 600s. Very nice clean midrange which sounded fantastic with female vocals and acoustic instruments - from sax to horns. I was listening to "Bjorkestra Enjoy" and I have to say it was a pretty stunning listen .. .while it lasted. The PS1 started dropping out to the point where it was just annoying. Unlistenable. So I tried to open it up and adjust the laser intensity per this page. http://dogbreath.de/PS1/LaserAlignment/Laser.html
Sadly, I got frustrated and started thinking about just replacing the whole laser mechanism (costs about $16 bucks), But the lead socket tore off the motherboard and it was over for this little PS1 (at $20 bucks I wasn't weeping). Luckily I have another on its way to me in the mail (I ordered two thinking this scenerio might occur).
But the good/great news is that for that brief shinning moment (about two hours) the PS1 one sounded very, very good. Very smooth and natural. I must report that in my opinion, the quality of the PS1 isn't a hoax, but a very real thing with a very clean natural midrange and soundstage. For awhile there, I heard some of the best soundstaging I ever heard out of my Senns, no kidding. It's a shame I didn't get to hear it in my home system, but this whole listening experience transpired at work. Now I'm keeping my fingers crossed #2 is a little further away from the graveyard than my first foray. Long live the PS1. A really nice sounding spinner.
Sadly, I got frustrated and started thinking about just replacing the whole laser mechanism (costs about $16 bucks), But the lead socket tore off the motherboard and it was over for this little PS1 (at $20 bucks I wasn't weeping). Luckily I have another on its way to me in the mail (I ordered two thinking this scenerio might occur).
But the good/great news is that for that brief shinning moment (about two hours) the PS1 one sounded very, very good. Very smooth and natural. I must report that in my opinion, the quality of the PS1 isn't a hoax, but a very real thing with a very clean natural midrange and soundstage. For awhile there, I heard some of the best soundstaging I ever heard out of my Senns, no kidding. It's a shame I didn't get to hear it in my home system, but this whole listening experience transpired at work. Now I'm keeping my fingers crossed #2 is a little further away from the graveyard than my first foray. Long live the PS1. A really nice sounding spinner.