Playback designs followup?

After having the mps-5 since June of 08 I find this player to be one of the best players I have owned or heard.

The updates have added even more to the Musicality & versatility of the player.
Our small group has done a few a/b comparisons with a few other high end players,( as in some of players mentioned above ) both stand alone & stacks.
The Playback imho has out performed all of them. Mind you that this is subjective as we all know, but I felt that the MPS-5 was getting as close to analog as I've heard a digital player get to date.

The Marantz SA7 was in the same system with the PD MPS-5 at the last RMAF. I was in the room several times when we switched between the PD and the Marantz. NOT ONE person preferred the Marantz. When you watched the body langauge of the groups, six or eight people would immediately recognize the superior openness of the PD and say things like, "wow".

The Marantz is pretty good for the money and is free of digititus, but it's not in the same league as the PD. Check out the Marantz threads. About half the owners immediately start thinking of modifying their units. That's never a topic about the PD.

"About half the owners immediately start thinking of modifying their units. That's never a topic about the PD."

Dave is there a company that modifies the PD? How many people worldwide own a PD cd player? In fact, how many people outside of Audiogon even know what PD designs is? There won't be any options for improvement until Jonathan decides to give you one.

I'm glad you are enjoying your machine.

Precisely what I was thinking. How many people have a PD and it would take some minimum sales number before any modders would likely spend the time to create any particular mods for the unit.

btw, Jonathan, nice of you to continue "forgetting" to mention in your posts that you're a dealer for a product you're posting about.

Not only is Jonathan a dealer, he is the manufacturer of Playback Designs, Evolution Acoustics, and the NA distributor of darTZeel. I've owned and sold both darTZeel equipment and Evolution Acoustics speakers. I guess that is why I'm currently on the "Out List" of the Chambers clan. The products are OK, but certainly not the final word in quality. To me, there are better sounding products and certainly more reliable ones available.