For crying out loud


If you have the option, and you haven't done so, try turning off the display's on your digital gear. I know that I tried this years ago and, discerning no difference, concluded that this was just one of those anal audio things. Well, my system has evolved since then and I accidentally turned off the display on my Modwright Sony. I am now realizing improved definition and detail, voices are more natural, instruments have a more realistic timbre, images are better defined, and everything emerges from a blacker background. I really feel like a nincompoop. Here I am rolling tubes, shifting footers and stuff, and all along, a significant improvement was a push of the button away.
phaelon

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Hi Phaelon

I had a Marantz CD-5003 CDP and am currently using a stock Oppo BDP-83. Whether I disabled the display and digital outputs on the Marantz or run the Oppo in Pure Audio mode I have not heard any differences in the music I was playing from my system. I kept switching back and forth and I still heard no difference. I do turn the display off when I'm listening so that the Oppo isn't working so hard and the fan won't kick in. I realize the gear I mention above isn't the most expensive or high-end but I still did not hear a difference with the displays or digital and video sections disabled.

Have other owners of Modwright Sony CDPs experienced the same thing? What did Modwright have to say about your findings? Could the improvement in sound you heard been a cause some other changes you made?