Can you hear the difference between CD players? Let's test it!

NOTE: The poll has ended, but a results video is now up! You can still watch the video and try the test yourself, then view the results at the link below. Poll/results link: https://poll-maker.com/poll5531027xCf574629-164 Results video is now live! https://youtu.be/m6zErFywIo4 Lossless FLAC file of the same music track in the video (exported at the native 24 bits of the editing environment): https://shorturl.at/1WfqQ CD was the first mass market digital music format. Despite that, CD players need to read the data on the disc and convert it to something you can listen to. Does that analog conversion circuitry matter as much as some people think it does? Can you actually hear the difference between different CD players? A lot of people say they can and it's become almost common knowledge among certain types of audio enthusiasts, but I'm going to put it to the test in this video. Credit for this idea: David Mellor's Audio Masterclass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLMefO_eZVM&ab_channel=AudioMasterclass AP Mastering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sg1nYLmLCw&ab_channel=APMastering Some info on the players used: JVC XL-Z555: https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/jvc/xl-z555.shtml Pioneer PDM-430: https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/pioneer/pd-m430.shtml Pioneer BDP-52FD: https://www.soundandvision.com/content/pioneer-elite-bdp-52fd-blu-ray-3d-player Technics SL-PD665 (not a lot of info about this player; this is the best I could do - it was the SL-PD687 overseas): https://archive.org/details/technics-hi-fi-1995/page/28/mode/2up RCA RP-2458: https://web.archive.org/web/20050310235125/http://www.rca.com/product/viewdetail/0,2588,PI700300-CI700009,00.html Visuals made using https://musicvid.org and by creators: caseif - Particles & vis.js https://caseif.net/ Incept - Particles & vis.js https://incept.online/ 00:00 Introduction 03:56 CD player basics 08:54 Oversampling 11:29 1 bit DACs 16:02 Modern DACs & CD transports 21:04 Test info 26:33 The Test