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| Sony SCD-777ES vs current Players I long own the stock and modified Sony SCD-777ES as well as the 5400ES. On the stock units, the 5400ES won out in a direct comparison, better the 5400ES in every categories. My Modwright SCD-777ES restored the order by bettered the XA5400ES handily. | |
| New Eagles on HD Tracks? I bought an entire Studio Albums in 24/192 and thought it sounded very good - certainly better than the redbook versions. However, I prefer the Hi-rez tracks on an earlier 2012 released of the Hotel California Album. My DVD-A rip of the Hotel Cali... | |
| Repair Exemplar 3910 or ??? Would you like to attempt the repair yourself? I found the link on how to replace the laser and it was very easy to do. Cost me $30 and less than 30 mins of time to do it. I own the Modwright 3910 as well as Exemplar 5910. Boths are wonderful soun... | |
| AXPONA 2011 Atlanta reports/thoughts? Like Tom, the Voxativ Ampeggio just sounded amazing. The transparency and sense of separation b/w individual instruments were surreal! It is my dream speaker. I enjoyed the MBL room as well, but thought that the music was way way too loud. The Eso... | |
| cambridge audio 840c vs. modwright 9000es/999es No contest. The Modwright units win hand down. Much more natural presentation with excellent midrange. Though the 840 is nice but it still sounds somewhat mechanical in comparison to the Sony. | |
| CDP Recommendations under $700 I would get the Sony CDP-XA7ES. Definitely very nice sounding for redbook only unit. I like it a good bit better than the stock Sony SCD-777ES. | |
| Used MF Trivista 21 or Benchmark Dac1? "Can any of you explain the lights in the footers of the Trivista21? I've seen them red at startup, then amber or blue when playing music. What's the amber vs blue indicate? "The red is for start up, amber for o.k. listen to, and blue for best sou... | |
| Sony scd-1 vs Ayre C5xe I own a modwright/Kern Sony SCD-777ES and the unit sounds amazing. I wonder how much better is the EMM gears than the modded Sony. What Sony was only very good is in redbook playback. However, my unit sound significant better in redbook and SACD p... | |
| Sony SCD-1 through headphones novice question For some of the best results...use SinglePower MPX3 SE to drive your HD-650. Check out headfi.com and head-case.org to learn more about headphones and headphone amplifiers. The SinglePower MPX3 is an excellent headphone for low and high impedance ... | |
| Sony SCD-1 is it the best player for the money? I still think the SCD-1's SACD playback is the best for the money, maybe not the redbook playback but it is very difficult to beat the SCD-1 is SACD playback. | |
| Cary 306sacd vs. Esoteric SA60 vs. Ayre C-5xe No..you need to check out the Cary 306!! They are tough to beat... |