Lights out, please?!!

[plastic penguin]

My CD73T manual says you get a slight improvement in sound when you switch the front display off. I personally think it's negligible, so generally speaking, is there any advantage or is it elaborate fiddle-faddle?

Please enlighten. . . .

 

[Anonymous]

plastic penguin:
My CD73T manual says you get a slight improvement in sound when you switch the front display off. I personally think it's negligible, so generally speaking, is there any advantage or is it elaborate fiddle-faddle?

Please enlighten. . . .

I can't hear the difference on my XRay but then my hearing's noise floor is a bit high

 

[Anonymous]

That's one of those esoterical things that make hi-fi and hi-end so confusing ... IMHO that's nonsense...

So very badly a component has to be designed for the display to cause any interference in the signal path... And so very good your ears to really hear it.

 

[Messiah]

I'd agree. I have never noticed a difference!

 

[Anonymous]

On my CD73T, there's no difference - but on my A32, if the display is set to "dim", then there is a high pitched sound produced. Turn it to "bright" and it dissapears and same when it's "off".

 

[plastic penguin]

Then doesn't that beg the question about tone controls as well?

 

[Thaiman]

some do and most don't! and if some that do the different shouldn't be bigger than when you very sligtly move your head to one side while listening!.

 

[Anonymous]

plastic penguin:Then doesn't that beg the question about tone controls as well?

I always use the tone controls - my Arcam's are digital, so there's an even smaller effect!

 

[matthewpiano]

Tone controls are useful sometimes. I'm not into all this minimalist rubbish. If it sounds good its right, whether its got tone controls or not.

 

[Anonymous]

try listening to your hifi in compleat darkness no lights on this makes my hifi sound better well worth a try ..

 

[Messiah]

Is this because that is all you are then focused on though????

 

[Anonymous]

yes, and it also stops you thinking about upgrading every time you look at your hifi.

 

[Sliced Bread]

yeah I find that it sounds so much better at nigt time too. Probably because there is less back ground noise, and your in a silent environment, chilling in the dark with a nice drink ;o)

 

[Anonymous]

It's because your using one less of your senses and so more processing power is given to the other.

 

[plastic penguin]

Hughes123:It's because your using one less of your senses and so more processing power is given to the other.

Wouldn't work for me - you have to have senses to process in the first place

 

[Anonymous]

i have always noticed a change in sound when i switch the display off on any of my Arcam players -4 in total now. when the display is set to "low" (as opposed to "high" or "off") there is a noticable difference in background noise. this is even more noticable when listening through cans...