| Title: | You get surface noise in real life too | 
| Notice: | Let's be conformist | 
| Moderator: | GOVT02::BARKER | 
| Created: | Thu Jul 28 1988 | 
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 | 
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Number of topics: | 550 | 
| Total number of notes: | 3847 | 
    Some seven years ago, I bought a Philips cd202 CD player to add to
    my audio system, consisting of Monitor Audio R152 speakers  and a
    DENON PMA737 amplifier amongst other things.
    Can any of you cd gurus comment on the sound quality of this CD player.
    Would an upgrade to a more modern CD improve the sound quality on my
    system in a noticeable way ?
    	Regards,
    Kurt.
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| 288.1 | MARVIN::WARWICK | Trevor Warwick | Wed Jul 03 1991 10:12 | 9 | |
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    I recently directly auditioned an Arcam Alpha (�420 in UK) against my
    four year old Philips CD360 (was �250). The Arcam was noticeably much
    better - smoother, much more detail, interesting to listen to etc.
    
    Before that particular demonstration, I wasn't convinced that there was
    much difference between 3-4 year old players and the more recent ones.
    
    Trevor
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