Is Exemplar the answer?

Hi guys,
My instinct is to stay out of this, certainly on the merits. I have had Dan mod a Sony SCD 9000 in the past and he too did a wonderful job. I have owned nothing from Alex or from Allen Wright. I don't like to make comparisons in my reviews unless I have all the products in house and under conditions that allows each to perform to its best.
I don't worry about the Best or Better. I wonder about how good the component sounds in my system.
More than that, I write my reviews with one purpose primarily in mind and that is to provide useful and illuminating information that is helpful to potential consumers and fair to manufacturers and designers.

In the Spring I will be reviewing the Exemplar Horns. Now that's something I look forward to!

Have fun and try not to take it so seriously that you lose sight of the potential for joy in all this.

Cheers, and keep reading 6moons. We're working pretty hard and having a hell of a good time -- even if my 'beat' is the usually unobtainable in tube electronics and turntables.

I don't know that the Exemplar is the best, but I do know it made me feel good about the possibilities of digital at reasonable cost.

What I would like to know is whether my particularly positive experience with DVD-A is common or unusual

Jules

Jules

in my review I followed John's instructions on setting up for two channel listening which included shutting off video features. Setting the machine up correctly made a substantial difference in performance.

Jules

i used the HRS rack for my review of the Denon/Exemplar. A review of teh HRS should appear by week's end. Most of the review is devoted to explaining how resonance control works and why it is valuable. I think the review may encourage you to rethink some choices re: shelving, not because you should only own an HRS -- it's expensive -- but because much of the review discusses issues of resonance control generally. The HRS isolation bases (which are in teh rack) can be bought separately. For anyone who can afford one, I would not hesitate recommending it. It is unrivalled in my experience.
Thanks,
Jules