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PlayStation Is a $6,000 CD Player
A reader at Destructoid wrote in to tell the editors about his father's search for "the perfect sound." Among his father's very expensive audio toys was this PlayStation. He discovered that part of what makes that console so great for playing back audio is the inclusion of RCA jacks on the back. These days, game consoles use multi-format output jacks that send both audio and video over tiny wires and then split them out to your various connections. This original PlayStation had its audio outs coming directly from the sound processing board, a more direct connection (and a golden goal for audiophiles). What's more, the RCA jacks that Sony used in the original PlayStation are said to be of superior quality.
An article on 6moons suggests that serious 'philes would pay over $6,000 for a CD player of this quality. You may want to run to eBay and stock up before the rest of the world finds out. They're still a steal with plenty of listings going for less than $20.
From Destructoid
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Subscribe to commentsFrank BeirneFeb 14th 2008 2:25AM
What I can't understand is if these playstations are so great why are they selling so cheap on ebay.Sure you see a few on there selling for 2000.00 dollars,but most of them are going for around 25.00 dollars.I have one of these units that I gave 10.00 dollars for and got everything with it and it works great.Sure I would like to sell mine for 2000.00 dollars,but get real please.
mikeFeb 12th 2008 2:35AM
They are not that great at all!! my yamaha cd player sounds like a $50,000 unit if you call that hunk of meat a $6,000 sounding unit - heres an idea, do what I did with my sons old P.O.S - measure the THD SNR l+r delay and put it under a scope with no music or on pause and eat up all the noise you see!
time travelerJul 14th 2007 4:57AM
While it has been known for sometime that the playstaion 1 did have a decent audio output it is by far no where near even a 1000 dollar player let alone a 6000 dollar player as the article suggests. The engine of high end cd players is based around super high quality power supplies, often split between the analogue left and right and digital supplies. High end cd players often have very accurate master oscillators (clocks) which are also isolated from the main power buss. High end cd players often have individual DACS for each channel and mostly use the famed Phillips TDA series renound for Zero oversampling modes. All this and i havent even brought into account the quality of the analogue output stage after the DAC
After seeing the guts of a playstaion on many occasions, some after collisions with baseball bats i can confirm the playstation has neither of the admirable traits as described above
so hold onto your wallets, its good, but its just a piece of consumer gear
bill ryderOct 10th 2007 8:50AM
I agree that the original playstation is not all that great when it comes to true audiophile sound quality. A true audiophile cd player would have 1 bit or eqivilant digital processing and offer digital sound output either in the form of a coaxial digital(spdf) or optical output so the signal could be further processed in dolby surround sound or some other form of digital processing.