Last night fellow member funk firm invited me to his place for an audio session.
He requested that I bring my Ps1 so that we could compare the SQ against brainf's modded Cayin CD player (forgot what model)
I was reluctant to bring it because I feared the Cayin CD player would blow it out of the water.
I bought my Ps1 from a junk/surplus shop behind GMA 7 for php500.
What would you expect from a php500 CD player?
When I arrived it was apparent funk firm and brainf were excited to finally hear the Ps1.
After all connections were made we played the same material on both CD players at the same time.
The Cayin sounded great very detailed and crisp, when we switched to the Ps1 I noticed the Ps1's volume output was a few notches lower than the Cayin.
But only after a few seconds we concluded that the Ps1 was definitely very pleasant to the ears.
And it only got better the longer we listened to it.
Sabi nga ni funk firm "very analogue sounding"
At that moment I was very proud of my Ps1
Later on after about 30 minutes of basking in the beautiful Ps1 SQ I suggested that we compare it with the turntable.
Wowowee! I would say the Ps1 came 95% close to the turntable's sound character.
You can still hear the brush of the record and the record sounded a little bit more open.
But for php500 how can I complain.
funk firm enjoyed the Ps1 very much that he didn't want me to take it home
I came out very happy and satisfied after this session that I felt the need to take glamor shots of my Ps1.