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| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Bearman3,I'd be interested in knowing what specific "improvements" you heard in the Tucker 2900 vs. the DV 50? In what areas did you think the modded 2900 was stronger? Where was it weaker (if any areas)? Just curious to know if your hearing obser... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Henryhk,I have heard extremely positive and great things about the Meitner combo (dac and transport). I have no doubt it is some of the finest digital gear in the world and totally crushes the DV 50. I've heard the SACD playback in particular is j... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? irishdog,When is the McIntosh universal scheduled to be released? Also, do you know what price point they're targeting? Will it include video? AVGURU | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Steve,I beg to differ that I don't understand "the technical aspects of digital audio". I am very confident in what I do know. And as I told Alex I'm not going to engage in any more technical chatter as it takes this thread away from its intended ... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Alex,Thanks for your comments. I am not going to get into a long theoretical and technical disertation with you on the merits of oversampling vs. "resampling", nor am I going to debate who makes the best Analog DSP Chip, nor am I going to debate t... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Garymd,711's sytem sounds very good. I had never heard or seen Cornwalls before (but I've seen them discussed favorably on Audiogon) and therefore I was pleasantly surpised by the sound. I must tell you however that 711 has had these speakers modd... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? 1Markr,I thought I did lay out both the similarities and differences in my lenghty shoot-out results. If there is something specifically you are looking for or I missed please e-mail me with your phone number and we can discuss by phone. Regarding... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Tbab,I have no poblem doing another audition at your place in Elgin. The only Dali dealer in the Chicago area is in Elgin (I forget the name of the audio store). I've been dying to hear some Dali speakers. They consistently receive killer reviews!... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Alex, Denon uses their famed ALU processing (an arithmetic logarithm) to "interpolate" a word length of 24 bits from a standard 16 bit redbook cd. They've been using this technology for the last 10 years in everything from their recievers to their... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Reb 1208,Thanks for the info. I didn't know about the three filters or the noise shaper. The dealer should have told me about that. Since the DV 50 has similar filters which I do change on a regular basis (depending on the type of music played) I ... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Jactoy,Thanks for adding needed detail about the dealers set-up. Regarding the Thor mono's, remember we disconnected those and did the majority of our listening with the Hovland Amp. Is that correct? Also, how much did the Thor pre-amp cost? I don... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? OK CORRAL SHOOT-OUT RESULTSThe long awaited results are here...but unfortunately I must report that the dealer sold the demo UX-1 they had on the floor a couple of days before we arrived. That was a HUGE disappointment as I really wanted to face o... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Reb 1208,I heard the Marantz SA 11 at an authorized dealer. I requested to hear it out of the balanced outputs as have most of their customers (The dealers words exactly). I "assume" he compensated for the inverted polarity by reversing the cables... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Reb,That's your opinion...and it goes against the grain of 95% of the reviewers and the numerous awards that the DV 50 has received. Obviously, you're the lone person out there whose smarter than everyone else and knows audio better than than anyo... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Daltonlanny,SACD is first, CD 2nd (but a very well recorded cd can give SACD playback on the DV 50 a run for its money, DVD Audio 3rd and DVD-Video last. However, MGotlieb may disagree with me as he feels the DVD-Audio playback on the DV 50 is exc... |