Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
And the only part of a CD player that should have any
effect on the sound
is the DAC and the analogue filtering after it. If the transport, or the
deinterleaving, or the servos, or the PSU, or the... has any effect on
the sound, then something isn't working properly.
Sure, you know that, and I know that. But part of the fun of building
the tube CD player is laughing at the so-called golden-ears audiophiles
that think that running a green magic marker around the rim of their CD
makes it sound better. And even more of the fun is convincing those bozos
to send me money.