I don't have any digital gear from the late 80's left, but by the mid-90's, "CD players" like this one sound and measure fine (though far from great in the case of the PS1 here). Personally, I'm of the "technically perfect" camp and would probably pick the PS1 over the TDA1543 even if a bit noisier - reasonably low level of noise like this is generally less objectionable than distortion. Between the two ultimately, it's one of subjective preference, especially for a "colored" DAC like the TDA1543 NOS (I've yet to measure a tube analogue output DAC). If we look at the TDA1543 DAC unit (DAC chip designed around the same era), the NOS unit has better dynamic range but with much more THD and IMD along with the typical high frequency roll-off at 44kHz sampling rate (of course you could feed the NOS upsampled 88/96kHz data to smooth this out). The other measurements like THD and IMD are respectable and jitter is not of concern. Remember that ~90dB dynamic range is better than the majority of analogue sources.Ĭlearly compared to modern DAC's, the PS1 has inferior noise performance and concomitantly lower dynamic range. I do not believe the measured 'limited' dynamic range negatively affected enjoyment at normal listening levels at all. Nice details throughout, bass nice and deep on "I Wanna Love You", no accentuated sibilance with female vocals (that Jheena Lodwick track can be nasty), "The Mass" may have sounded a bit congested during the louder & more complex segments but really nothing to detract from enjoyment. They all sound great through the headphones. Tunes on tap: Muddy Waters "My Home Is In The Delta" (downsampled Classic Records HDAD), Cat Stevens "Wild World" (2011 Analogue Productions), Nat King Cole "The Very Thought Of You" (2010 Analogue Productions), Akon "I Wanna Love You", eRa "The Mass", Joe Satriani "Crowd Chant", Jheena Lodwick "It's Now Or Never", Stephen Layton & Britten Sinfonia "For Unto Us A Child Is Born" from Handel's Messiah. Last night, for some late-night R&R, I listened with this unit through my AUNE X1 as headphone amp with Sennheiser HD800 headphones. I can't say how it sounds compared to the even older "first-version" SCPH-1001 but as I quoted above, there are reasons to believe this version should perform better. There you go, the Sony Playstation 1 SCPH-5501 measured as a CD player.
Sony scph 5501 manual#
SCPH-1001 requires manual biasing of the laser circuitry to maintain Lead to mistracking or binding of a spinning CD disk.Ģ) Positioned the laser assembly away from the power supply to reduce heat damage and RFI noise.ģ) Implemented an auto-biasing feature for proper tracking. Other improvements were incorporated in the later Modelġ) An improved Nichicon SMPS that generated less heat that could distortĪdjoining plastic components such as the lid and chassis that could In fact, most Playstation 1 audiophile modders bypass the op ampīuffers, or use the A/V Multiport to get the same effect of better
The RCA jacks are connected throughĪ pair of op amp buffers that can adversely effect the sound quality. Multiport jack is that there are no cheap NJM2100 op amps in the signal In addition to the RCA jacks on the rear, Model SCPH-1001 also Jacks for Right Audio (red), Left Audio (white) and Composite Video Model SCPH-5501 outputs stereo audio through aġ2-pin Sony A/V Multiport jack that uses an A/V breakout cable with RCA SCPH-1001 is the only Playstation 1 with RCA stereo audio output jacks.įor some people, this is important to getting the ultimate performanceįrom a Playstation 1. Obvious difference between Models SCPH-1001 and SCPH-5501 is that Model It uses the same Asahi Kasei AK4309AVM DAC as Model SCPH-1001. I recently purchased a used Playstation1 Model SCPH-5501 from a
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