Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: CP55 with SRA5 or CP500-SR?

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Posted by Tom Wienholt (Member # 1510) on 11-13-2004, 02:11 PM:

I am curious as to which system will produce better overall analog sound quality. A CP55 with SRA5 (cat. 280Ts) or a CP500-SR with an cat 222SR/A card? If you had a choice, which would you install?

[ 11-13-2004, 04:15 PM: Message edited by: Tom Wienholt ]

Posted by Fabrice Dubourg (Member # 1635) on 11-13-2004, 05:01 PM:

CP500 better choice

Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 11-13-2004, 05:46 PM:

CP55 with the SRA5 and 280T's
hands down the 222SR/R is an emulation of SR and not a real SR playback

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 11-13-2004, 05:51 PM:

CP-55 for sure..... the 500 doesn't come close but is still not a bad sounding processor. It has the right combination of analog and digital circuits. Its compiter is a bit buggy though....

All time best sounding analog processor is the CSP-1200...

Mark

Posted by Steve Scott (Member # 630) on 11-15-2004, 05:19 PM:

Tom,
From what I've heard out of the two machines, the CP55 has a fuller sound to it, and sounds especially rich in the midrange. The CP500 has great High Frequency clarity, but I've noticed that the 500's center channel matrix can bleed into the L and R channels, more noticeably than the 55.

I love my 500's, but I yearn for 55's [Smile]