japanise PS3 sounds better than PAL PS3

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I have a japanise 20gig ps3 which bought in 2006 whilst i was in japan. Today i connected a friends UK PAL ps3 to my system via HDMI ( I have a sony DA820 amp connected to a 7.1 setup) and i noticed the sound was inferior to my PS3. The difference wasnt massive but their was a difference. Is their a difference in the spec of a japanise PS3 and a PAL PS3

 

[SpiceWeasel]

Did you use the same audio settings on both PS3's ?

 

[Andrew Everard]

Well, the early ones had SA-CD capability, so perhaps some more attention was paid to audio quality. Just a thought...

 

[Anonymous]

Andrew, didn't they put SACD back? I was intending to get a PS3 and sell my SACD players for that reason.

 

[Andrew Everard]

No, they didn't.

 

[Anonymous]

Yes I used the same settings

 

[Andrew Everard]

The lack of SACD playback on the more recent models is doubly silly given that the v ery senior audio people at Sony had been putting a lot of effort into fine-tuning of the PS3 to make its audio performance even better.

I heard one of the tuned PS3s running into what was then the company's flagship AV receiver a couple of years back in Sony's Shinagawa HQ, and it sounded awesome.

 

[Anonymous]

Looks like a made a luckily choice all i have to do is upgrade my hard drive to 160gig and my PS3 will be even better