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| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? 1markr, Oh sorry about that. To be honest, I'm not sure what the tubes are. I'm afraid I've disposed of the boxes. Being a blind guy, I can't easily check the actual tube, but I'll have my daughter take a look next time I can get her attention by ... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? The 999 uses a pair of 5687s. Peter | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? My Modwright Sony 999 Review:Hi All, I've had the better part of a week now to get my Modwright player warm and toasty as well as somewhat broken-in. I've been playing many discs each day and leaving it on all night in repeat mode to try to get so... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Hi Guys, I received my ModWright Sony 999 yesterday afternoon after an unfortunate UPS delay. I will not make any full comments just yet as the machine has only been on for about 16 hours and the listening has been very preliminary on a non broken... | |
| Music Hall Maverick SACD burn in?Assistance Hi, Did you by any chance get the Underwood-modified version of the Maverick? It's said to be a nice improvement over the stock unit. I think it will run you around $900 after market though. If you have a pink noise CD or a test CD with a pink noi... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? OK, I couldn't take it any longer! It turns out that the Sony 999 with the Modwright Platinum mod is not that much more than the Underwood Maverick I was close to buying. I spoke with Dan this afternoon, a very nice guy, and ordered my modded Sony... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Reb, Do you have any sense of how the SA-11 compares with the Marantz DV-9500? What are the filtering options? Is upsampling switchable? Thanks. | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? AVGuru, Just to be sure I know which Sony you are praising (they have some similar model numbers, I assume you are talking about the SCD-XA9000ES that has a list price of $3000. Is that right? That one has a great review in Stereophile of 12/03, A... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Thank you AVGuru for your thoughtful reply to my questions. On my main system right now, I am using a Denon 2200 stock which I hate. I bought it too hastily on the strength of a brief review in TAS 149. I have yet to try the MF buffer stage on tha... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? I'm looking forward to comments regarding the Marantz SA-11 which you're including in the mix. It's on my short list, but I haven't yet found any objective reviews of it. If it betters the Marantz DV-9500 significantly, I'll be impressed. Another ... | |
| Anyone Audition or buy the Music Hall Maverick SAC Interesting. It happens that I picked up a Sony NS775 which is $129 at Amazon, just for kicks. It does a really nice job on a secondary system I have in my office. In fact, I also just received a Musical Fidelity X10 V3, the little analog buffer s... | |
| How do I keep my cats off my amplifier? I once accomplished this by putting a small cactus, in a heavy base, on top of the amp. | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Hi, Peter here Guido's friend. I have yet to hear a DV50. I'm still thinking about the Sony SCD-XA9000. Last December, Atkinson gave it a great review. Others have proclaimed it wonderful on SACD, but maybe showing some compromises on Redbook. I'd... | |
| Sony SCD-XA9000. Comments, Opinions? Well, the SACD Standard is discontinued now. This makes me think that Krell is going to introduce a universal player soon, I'm guessing at the $8k price point. I've just caught wind of the Merantz SA-11 which is a 2-channel only SACD and Redbook p... | |
| Sony SCD-XA9000. Comments, Opinions? Thanks for that. It is the Redbook that I'm most concerned with. I saw a few indications that it might not be up to par, but I also find my Denon to have a brightish presentation. The others I'm looking at are the Accuphase DP77 and the Linn 2.1, ... |