PlayStation 1: The audiophile's dream?

Sometimes Destructoid get these tips that come out of left field. Destructoid got one late last night from reader Riku, who talks about his dad's unusual acquisition for his high-end audio setup:

"Hi!

My father's hobby is to search for "the perfect sound" making him a high-end audiophile. I was very surprised when I saw an old Playstation 1 (Version SCPH-1001/2) plugged into his super expensive audio rig. He told me, that that particular version of the console has RCA-inputs in the back which has a superb sound output. The console has become an underground sensation in the Hi-Fi scene. He told me to check out some articles at 6moons.com, an audiophile website."

[kingboy]

my dad even bought himself a ps1 because of this audio quality

[WilliamRLBaker]

of the RCA jacks in the back, there pretty much isn't an audio setup that doesn't support them, Its not the best sounding cd player, but it is the most versitile in terms of price and hookups.

[SmokeyMcBear]

ah negative nancy, commmenting about things you know nothing about. Maybe you should read more, and type less. Education is a good thing.

[WilliamRLBaker]

Lets see you have 2 ballons I have 3, hmmm wonder what that says bout your opinion?

Lets see your ignored by 10 users, i've ignored by 2...hmmmm

LEts see the PLAYSTATION 1 is not the best cd player out there, If it was more people would use it, The reason the ps1 is an audiophiles dream is because its a cheap cd player that the original had RCA jacks and nearly every stereo system, sound setup supports those.

[kspraydad]

This news was covered at least 6 months ago by MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id...

Quote:

By Gary Krakow
Columnist
MSNBC
Updated: 7:24 p.m. ET Nov 10, 2006

Gary Krakow
Columnist
• E-mail
Is there an original Sony PlayStation game console still in use in your home? Or do you have your PS1 buried at the bottom of a closet?

It turns out your video game console may be worth a lot more than you think. You might actually own one of the best sounding, high-fidelity CD players out there.

Audiophiles have been abuzz about PlayStation 1 audio for some time now. There has been a lot of experimenting with these game consoles with some very interesting results.

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[solidt12]

This just goes to show how Sony uses quality components in their products. Even way back then.

[VirusE]

Most people think klipsch and bose are audiophile grade. This just isnt true, audiophile is tossed around way to much by audio newbs. Audiophile grade would mark levinson, wilson audio, dynaudio, krell, revel and many others that most people have never even heard of. If you think spending 1000 bucks on a cd player makes you an audiophile you are a newb, most audiophiles have cables that cost more than that. Most MID grade players cost 3k and up. Any true audiophile would know this ps 1 thing is bs. By having an analog out the audio must be reconverted back into the digital domian and then converted back into analog for the pre amps outs. This is not something an audiophile would do by choice. A mark levinson 390s sends its audio out at 384bit 192khz i just dont see a ps 1 keeping up with its 16bit 44.1 output. Its simple math; the dynamic range gets crushed by the ps1 due to its limited bit depth. Sounding clean and sounding true are two different things.

[Auron]

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[Auron]

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[VirusE]

"They also held their own against my top-of-the-line, Class A+ rated Sony SACD machine." This just shows the ignorance of this article; when the term class A is used in audio it is refering to components that dont use swiching to preserve power. A class A component uses its maximum amount of electricity at all times. Sony doesnt make class A components, they are a low mid grade audio company.

http://www.duncanamps.com/t...

[Maddens Raiders]

love N4G. You learn something new everyday it seems! Well not really, mainly flaming and b!tchin' wars, but I still love it. And this news is cool. I didn't know the 'ol PSOne was so beloved in the audiophile world, (and I hate to say it) especially since I considered myself a pretty avid audiophile. Goes to show what I know. Nothin'! =]

Cheers

[Karebear]

As was mentioned before, taking the signal from digital to analog to digital back to analog is just silly.

[freeza]

mine can allso play import games. ppl allways though i had a sound system in my room but it was just my ps1 .lol. ok let me go an check the number. SCPH 1001 yes ebay here i come.

[dissectionalrr]

audiophiles are stupid. no financially responsible person would spend $1000 on audio cables. a hobby is a hobby, but that's just ridiculous.