Playstation SCPH-1001 as Redbook CD Source?

[John Mihalic]

Anybody else have a first issue SCPH-1001 Playstation One that wants
to attest to it's audio quality? I've done quite a bit of reading
about it's abilities as a Redbook Source and finally decided to pick
one up on ebay, it was pretty cheap <$25 shipped and it certainly
doesn't sound bad.

I've done some comparisons the best I could between my originals and
lossless copies played through a M-Audio transit and the originals on
the PS1 do seem to be a bit more lively, it could all be in my head
though. :)

[Todd Marco]

I've heard about those claims. It'd be interesting to do a blind
test. And speaking of blind tests, we should organize AES to conduct
a group-wide blind study of audio compression formats. There's
Windows software that can pretty much set everything up (WinABX),
although I haven't used it yet.

[John Mihalic]

Sounds like a good idea. Speaking of the mp3 comparison this site
just popped up on digg: http://mp3ornot.com/ it took me quite a few
listens to notice the differences in the supposed 128kbps file vs the
320kbps file.

[Todd Marco]

Yea that's really cool.  The cymbals are what give it away, so if anyone out there is having trouble hearing the difference, listen carefully to the cymbals.  I think the high and broad spectrum of cymbals is difficult to encode.

[Matthew Guy]

I have a an SCPH-1001as well that I picked up for about $25. It was well worth it. It sounds different than but about as good as my $170 auzentech prelude soundcard.

For ABX testing, I'd suggest using foobar and the ABX plugin for foobar.

[Todd Marco]

Hmm yea I've heard of that, but never used it before (I'm a Mac user).  Maybe I'll have to check it out.  What I'd like is if someone else could organize the demonstration/study, since I have practically no time to do it.  Any takers?