Archimago wrote: > I realized over the weekend that it has been at least 10 years since I > actually played any cassette tapes! My dad was interested in getting > some old cassettes transferred and I discovered both my cassette players > at home didn't work. > > The most obvious anomaly is the frequency response - very nasty: > 14480 > > Conclusion? > Not unexpectedly, this is clearly not "hi-fi" (no kiddin'!). > Subjectively when I plug in headphones, it's the frequency response that > most noticeably makes it sound poor (gutless bass and accentuated > treble, no wonder Sony included the "MegaBass" button); plus the noise > level is audible with volume up a bit. I suspect that the frequency > response curve was purposely "tuned" to make it sound better with the > small built-in speakers (single driver) rather than achieve flat > response which should be trivial with any modern DAC. Rolling off the > low bass to remove rattling & midrange distortions and boosting the > treble to compensate for the lack of a true tweeter. To not turn off > this compensation when using the headphones is a sign of "cheapness" > > Having said the above, also consider that some high-priced gear have > really bad measurements yet get praised during subjective evaluation > (I'm not going to name names here but look through some of Stereophile's > measurements on-line). > > Of interest is that the jitter test was the least concerning result even > in such an inexpensive unit spinning physical media. > > Now you know what a cheap lo-fi mass market boombox measures like in > 2013 :-)
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