Would the Audio Aero Capitole better Theta

Mes-Very welly put, me and a friend are in the process of comparing his Audio Aero Capitole and my Accuphase Digital pre and it is amazing how good they both are(which is scary because the msrp. on my Accuphase is 4 fold the price of the capitole, YIKES!). One would think that with a price difference of that much there would be more noticeable improvements, only thing that I have heard betters the accuphase is the Boulder gear and Burmester, which both are also more $$$, such is life in this hobby. So I guess what I am saying is yea I agree that the capitole is a giant killer.

BTW The dealer my buddy bought his from told him it sounds better with the top open, is this common knowledge with these players? and if so why does the top being open effect the sound?

I think that is another good point to make Waltersalas if a product is NEVER available used, and when they are they sell very quickly and for a good price(for the seller) it says a lot for an audio product. The new interconnects I want I have never seen for sale used, so I will have to buy them new and I HATE(I am using the word hate here folks) paying retail for anything, but they are worth it. Falls into the same catagory as the Capitole. Funny thing is a year ago this time nobody had heard of the capitole and the Resolution Audio CD-55 was all the rave in the digital world. Like all things audio this time next year the next latest and greatest product will be our subject of discourse, and the capitole will be yesterdays news.