Stereophile review of the McCormack UDP-1


Has anyone read the January 2005 issue of Stereophiles review of the McCormack UDP-1 universal Player?
While the reviewer found that it sounded excellent, the measurements on it were horrible!
John Atkinson said that it had relatively high noise levels, and that SACD and DVD-Audio playback had no greater resolution than regular CD!
What gives here?
daltonlanny

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Considering the rave reviews that this player has received, I too, am surprised at this review and especially the measurements by JA. KR loved the sonics of the unit, but the measurements were relatively horrible!
The high rez portions of the player had no better signal-to-noise ratios than the CD section! JA commented that according to the measurements the player offered no better resolution of Sacd and Dvd-audio than it did on CD's.
Do you all think this could have been a defective unit?