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| Okay......best single box reference CD player Bill,i am an open book. if someone cares about such things they can read my posting history; i hide nothing. i would remind you to disclose you are a commercial dealer in competition with the distributor you refer to. while i personally think your... | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player Bar,this is a brand new product and a brand new company that only shipped their first product 2-3 weeks ago. they have been focused on getting the product out and getting production processes nailed down.....and since most of the initial productio... | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player correction to my post above regarding the Playback Designs;i said;"it uses an Esoteric VRDS transport"i had thought that all the Esoteric digital transports were VRDS and that there were various levels of VRDS. a friend pointed out to me that this... | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player Bar,i don't know the answer to your question. it is very quiet and always reads the disc quickly and the first time.i much prefer it to the Philips drive that was in my EMM Labs CDSD. | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player Another vote for the Playback Designs MPS-5. it is set up to work as a DAC for a music server so is quite future proof. it uses an Esoteric VRDS transport. it is also software upgradable.here is a link to a review of the MPS-5. [url]http://forum.a... | |
| Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player i did get some updated info from Jonathan as my son is putting together a music server for me and we are trying to figure out the best approach. i have not personally confirmed this info.at this time the USB input will only accept 16/44.the RCA in... | |
| Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player Dave, i'll be looking forward to both the beer and getting together. i'd also enjoy hearing about your impressions of the Playback Designs if you go that way.i noticed on your system page that you are musician and do live recordings; i wonder if y... | |
| Hairdryer for Sale on Gon Norm,i did not spend enough time in Ron's (Marigo) room to say anything about which is longer lasting, the Rio or the hair dryer. after three months of using this tweak in various forms typically the greater degree of the percieved tweak effect th... | |
| Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player Dave,from what i understand Playback Designs will not show at RMAF. maybe someone will bring one to use in their room.i'll be there; it's my favorite show. | |
| Hairdryer for Sale on Gon Toyman; you're welcome.btw; very impressive system ya got there.....it should show off the tweak nicely. i will look forward to your comments.btw; i did compare the hair dryer to the RIO-5 at VSAC two weeks ago, the hair dryer (Andrew's) had 3 to ... | |
| Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player i did get some clarification;the DAC in the Playback Designs has an open architecture; it can be 1 bit-5.6mhz or 32 bit-196mhz, 72 bit-496 mhz or anything they want it to be. thru the USB port the software can be updated to whatever they want.algo... | |
| Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player Skull, thanks for adding your thoughts. if you recall other impressions, please share them. | |
| Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player Dave, thanks.i don't personally know the digital design of the Playback Design MPS-5. the manual does specify which kind of discs it plays and i know DVD-A is not included. i have played redbook, both commercial and CDR's, without problems....also... | |
| Anyone tried using Oyaide R 1 with Ribbon speakers i have 10 R-1's in my room. my Evolution Acoustic speakers have ribbon tweeters. they loved the change to the R-1. to my ears, the R-1 lowered the noise floor, added a degree of naturalness, increased dynamics and bass articulation.i heard no upwa... | |
| Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player Radiohead,regarding comparing the standard EMM with the SE version; two years ago i had the first SE version DAC6 and CDSD (the CDSD was the same as any with the USB input). when i first got the SE combo i still had the standard version for a coup... |