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New Oppo BDP-95 better than the McIntosh MVP-881?

For the money, the 29 lb. McIntosh MVP-881 Universal Blu Ray player is one of the biggest rip offs in Blu Ray DVD history.
Looking inside the unit reveals not much under the hood for
$ 8K. The power supply is skimpy and it has three cooling
fans. One on the bottom, one on the rear, and one on the inside. Very, very hot! What I call Scrooge engineering.
The Mac uses the Sabre32 ESS9016 24x Dacs. Five total. The new Oppo BDP-95 coming out in February uses the Sabre32 ESS9018's 32x Dacs. Two total with a beefy power supply, selling for $ 1K. I hope the Oppo knocks the hell out of the McIntosh, Marantz, Denon, Ayre, and Lexicon Universal players selling between $4 and $10K. For McIntosh to put out a player that is hotter than any other high end player
on the market, is a sign that their engineering has gone down hill and their glory days are over.
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A $95.00 Sony Blu Ray is better than the 881- trust me, I have both in order to finish watching a disc after the Mac freezes up, and needs the wall plug pulled in order to work again.
Two written communications to McIntosh's Service Manager went un-answered.
Not only are their "Glory Days" over, their ability to provide even basic Customer Service has also left the building. In "The old days" it took a month to get a piece looked at, now they don't even answer a request for help.
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