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Speaking purely as a know-nothing numpty here, surely if DACs on CD players did some sound shaping they'd all have to do the same thing, otherwise CDs would sound different from player to player.

That's the thing though - they *do* sound different from player to player... Take a CD and listen to it through a pair of high-quality headphones on different cd players - there's a ton of difference between brand X and brand Y...
-mark

MK2: 36gb
Tivo: 90gb
CPU: 120gb
...I think drive manufacturers love me!

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