DV-50s vs Krell SACD Standard vs Denon 3910 mod

If "since CD is my priority," take a look at the Talk Electronics Thunder 3.1b, it's in your price range.

IMO, unless you're going to go the Meitner route, forget about SACD and the modified universal player of the week.

711smilin- we're both entitled to opinions.

Have you heard the Talk Electronics Thunder 3.1b? Or how about a speaker system driven by a power dac with a digital signal from a Esoteric P-O/G-O combo?

I have no need for a universal player, much less pay someone thousands of dollars to mod a Denon.

Enjoy your SACDs.

"I might as well ask Kana813 where in the US he had the fortunate opportunity to listen to a Teac P0 player, augmented by a G0 external clock. The Teac Esoteric USA site does not list P0, D01, G0, G0S in the US catalogue because Teac America has sadly not seen it fit to import such devices."

Guidocorona- FYI- I heard the units in a $200K system here on Maui. People who want and can afford the best know how to get it.

“Kana813, are these TEAC products imported in to Canada? I long ago got a P1 transport for 110 volts from Canada. Is the G0 the atomic clock that can also be used with the UX-1?”

Tbg- I can’t help you with Teac’s distribution system in Canada. If your P1 has a clock input connection, it should work with any external clock.

“Please do describe the supersistem you listen to with the Teac front-end and give us your sonic findings in detail.”

Guidocorona – I haven’t heard any of the units listed in this thread, so I can’t give you an audiophile description/comparison. I didn’t look at all the model numbers, but in addition to the PO/GOS, the Maui system had B&W N800s biamp’d w/Rowland electronics, power conditioners, lots of room treatments and a bunch of exotic cables from Japan. I’ve never seen or heard any of this stuff before. On some old Redbook CDs I was familiar with, the system was totally effortless, with absolutely no hint that I was listening to a digital recording. If you’re looking for the best in digital playback, I suggest you stop wasting time on these one box CDPs and start looking at separate transports and dacs.

"I for one would be most interested in knowing from people who have had experience with the TacT DSPs and digital amps. Who will take the baton?"

Guido- suggest you start a new thread on this subject, and visit the TacT users groups on Yahoo.

Hauoli Makahiki Hou

Avguru - you're the one who needs to lighten up.

I was a guest at the man's home who owned the Esoteric gear. I didn't go there to review his system. He invited me over to listen to music. I've heard the system three times. Each time we listened for two to three hours, does that qualify as passing? Please excuse me if I didn't take notes on every part of the system. I was too busy just enjoying the music. Funny I've never seen you post in the music forum.

I didn't know Guido is blind. He didn't seem upset by my comments, and who appointed you moderator in this thread?

Mele Kalikimaka

Metralla- no need for apologies. Glad to see you haoles discovered the message.

FYI- mele is also the Hawaiian word for music.

Aloha,

"I am the originator of one of the best, most interesting and most well responded to threads going on Audiogon now. Over 375 responses and still going strong. Look up my member name and my active threads and you'll see it."

AVGURU-

Wow! You da man.

To quote Lazarus28, "shakes head, sighs."

"The price of $4950 is a downright steal, comparing with retail units."

If you have $4950. to spend and your primary focus is optimizing Redbook playback here's an alternate approach(all prices are retail):

Stello CDT-200 transport - $1195.
(www.aprilmusic.com)
TacT S2150 power dac(150w @ 8 ohms/300w @ 4 ohms)- $2990.
If you have analog sources add- $490. for the ADC card
(www.tactaudio.com)
Audience Au24 AES/EBU digital cable - .5m- $330.
(www.audience-av.com)

No mods required, just add speakers and sc cables.

Since you’ll no long need a preamp and amp, you can sell all that gear and buy fancy power cords,a power conditioner and lots of music,. Efficiency is 90% with the TacT, so you'll also save money on your electric bill.

Mele Kalikimaka & Hauoli Makahiki Hou