PCAVTech Players and Recorders Benchmarks Test Summary

Test Summary
Player or Recorder	Frequency Response	1 KHz THD	SNR	IM	Dynamic Range	Jitter	Notes
Baseline (measurement residuals)	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Standard of Excellence and used for measurements of other equipment
AudioCatalyst 1.5 MPEG 1 Layer III Encoder, Nullsoft WinAmp 2.10 Decoder/Player	Very Poor	Very Poor	Very Poor	Not Testable Due to coder frequency response limits with test signal.	Excellent	Very Good	Perceptual Coder/Decoder software suite from various sources
BladeEnc 0.71 MPEG 1 Layer III Encoder, Nullsoft WinAmp 2.10 Decoder/Player	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Very Good	Perceptual Coder/Decoder software suite from various sources
Fraunhofer L3ENC 2.71 MPEG 1 Layer III Encoder, Diamond Rio Portable Player	Poor	Good	Good	Good	Excellent	Good	Perceptual Coder/Portable Player from various sources
Fraunhofer L3ENC 2.71 MPEG 1 Layer III Encoder, Nullsoft WinAmp 2.10 Decoder/Player	Excellent	Excellent	Very Good	Very Good	Excellent	Excellent	Perceptual Coder/Decoder software suite from various sources
Marantz CD-67SE CD Player Playback Performance	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Microsoft Windows Multimedia Encoder/Microsoft Windows Multimedia Player	Poor	Poor	Very Poor	Very Good	Excellent	Poor	Perceptual Coder/Decoder software suite from Microsoft
MusicMatch Jukebox	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Perceptual Coder/Decoder/Library software suite from MusicMatch
Panasonic SL-S220 Portable CD Player	Very Good	Very Good	Good	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Degraded high frequency performance with shock resistance "on"
Panasonic SL-S250 Portable CD Player	Good	Very Good	Very Good	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Degraded high frequency performance with shock resistance "on"
Pioneer DV-525 DVD Player Audio CD Playback Performance	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Pioneer PDR-04 CD Recorder	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Requires "Consumer" media. SP/DIF digital and Unbalanced analog I/O Consumer SCMS
Psytel 1.068 Encoder, Poor Boy 1.09 Plug-in, Winamp 2.09 Player	Good	Very Good	Very Poor	Very Poor	Excellent	Poor	Perceptual Coder/Decoder software suite from various sources. Very Rough implementaion of encoder and decoder.
RealAudio Jukebox	Good	Poor	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Perceptual Coder/Decoder/Library software suite from Real Audio
Sony CDP-101 CD Player	Very Good	Excellent	Very Good	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Unbalanced analog output (RCA), won't play some CD-R's
Sony CDP-30 CD Player	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Unbalanced analog output (RCA)
Sony CDP-520ES CD Player	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Unbalanced analog output (RCA)
Sony CDP-610 CD Player	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Unbalanced analog fixed and output (RCA), won't play some CD-R's
Sony CP-XE 500 CD Player (digital/analog outputs)	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent/Very Good	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent/Very Good	Optical digital (TOSlink) and unbalanced analog outputs (RCA)
Player or Recorder	Frequency Response	1 KHz THD	SNR	IM	Dynamic Range	Jitter	Notes
Sony D5 Portable CD Player	Good	Excellent	Very Good	Good	Excellent	N/A	won't play some CD-R's
Sony D-220 Portable CD Player	Very Good	Excellent	Very Good	Very Good	Excellent	Good
Sony D-247 Portable CD Player	Good	Very Good	Good	Poor/Good	Excellent	Poor/Excellent	Degraded high frequency performance with shock resistance "on"
Sony D-828k Portable CD Player	Very Good	Excellent	Very Good	Poor/Good	Excellent	Poor/Excellent	Degraded high frequency performance with shock resistance "on"
Sony DTC-700 DAT Recorder	Very Good	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent/Very Good	Excellent	SP/DIF digital and Unbalanced analog I/O. Records analog at only 48 KHz sampling. Consumer SCMS
Sony MDS JE-320 Minidisc Recorder	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	SP/DIF digital input and Unbalanced analog I/O Consumer SCMS
Sony MDS JE-510 Minidisc Recorder	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent/Very Good	Excellent	SP/DIF digital and Unbalanced analog I/O Consumer SCMS
Sony MDJS-920 Minidisc Recorder	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent/Very Good	Excellent	SP/DIF digital and unbalanced analog I/O Consumer SCMS
Sony MZ-E2 Portable Minidisc Player	Good	Very Good	Very Poor	Very Good	N/A	N/A	Playback only
Tascam CD-401 MKI I Professional CD Player	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	SP/DIF digital balanced and unbalanced analog outputs
Teac PD-75 CD Player	Very Good	Very Good	Good	Poor	Excellent	Very Good	Apparent high frequency nonlinearity
Player or Recorder	Frequency Response	1 KHz THD	SNR	IM	Dynamic Range	Jitter	Notes

PCAVTech Player and Recorder Technical Benchmarks Test Summary

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