| Summary | ||||
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| Parameter | My Opinion Digital/Analog |
Mode of Operation |
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| Digital > Digital | Digital > Analog | |||
| Frequency Response | Excellent/Excellent | 15-19kHz +/-0.001 dB | 15-19kHz +0.0/- 0.12 dB | |
| 1 kHz Total Harmonic Distortion | Excellent/Excellent | 0.0006% @ -0 dB | 0.00245% @ -0.4 dB | |
| Signal to Noise Ratio | Excellent/Very Good | 94 dB | 85 dB | |
| 20 Hz Total Harmonic Distortion | Excellent/Excellent |
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| 19 & 20 kHz Intermodulation Distortion | Excellent/Excellent | 0.006% @ -1 dB | 0.026% @-0.2 dB | |
| Dynamic Range | Excellent/Excellent | 94 dB | 94 dB | |
| Jitter Distortion | Excellent/Very Good | <-130 dB | -92 dB | |
| Equipment Used: | Test media was a custom CD created with CoolEdit Pro 1.1 in 32 bit mode, converted to 16 bit with 0.53 bits of spectrally uniform, Gaussian distributed dither; and burned onto Ricoh media using a Plexstor R412C and EZ CD Deluxe 3.5. Signals processed into computer using an Event Layla. Signal analysis with SpectraLab 3.32.14. | |||
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Discussion Of Results
The Jitter performance of the analog output of this player was dominated by power supply harmonics. Jitter of the 1 kHz carrier was significant in the SNR tests, too.
| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player Frequency response (Digital Media to Digital Signal Output) |
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| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player Frequency response (Digital Media to Digital Signal Output) |
| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player 1 kHz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise (Digital Media to Digital Signal Output) |
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| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player 1 kHz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise (Digital Media to Digital Signal Output) |
| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player 20 Hz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise, Digital Media to Digital Output |
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| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player 20 Hz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise Digital Media to Digital Output |
| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player Residual Noise - (Dynamic Range) (Digital Media to Digital Signal Output) |
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| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player Residual Noise - (Dynamic Range) (Digital Media to Digital Signal Output) |
| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player IM Distortion (Digital Media to Digital Signal Output) |
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| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player IM Distortion; (Digital Media to Digital Signal Output) |
| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player FM Distortion - "Jitter" (Digital Media to Digital Signal Output) |
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| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player FM Distortion - "Jitter" (Digital Media to Digital Signal Output) |
| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player Frequency Response, Digital Media to Analog Output |
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| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player Frequency Response, Digital Media to Analog Output |
| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise, Digital Media to Analog Output |
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| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise, Digital Media to Analog Output |
| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player Intermodulation, Digital Media to Analog Output |
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| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player Intermodulation, Digital Media to Analog Output |
| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player Dyanic Range, Digital Media to Analog Output |
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| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player Dynamic Range, Digital Media to Analog Output |
| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player 20 Hz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise, Digital Media to Analog Output |
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| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player 20 Hz Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise Digital Media to Analog Output |
| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player Jitter, Digital Media to Analog Output |
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| Sony CDP XE 500 CD Player Digital Player Jitter, Digital Media to Analog Output |
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