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budget and other considerations...

Yes, I did not mention budget in this post as was looking more for the general info over how concerned I should be on all these formats. I am hoping to come in for a transport/d2a/pre (all in one like Burmester 001, jason transport/medea d2a/rowland 2i preamp for example, cdsd/cdd2 meitner maybe) at 25k or under. A bypass for possibility of hooking up a surround sound processor 'through' they system to my amps would be 'bonus' - heck, it makes the 6 channel meitner interesting as well I guess.

Upside of Burmester - under budget and beautiful. Downside of Burmester is no sacd and unlikely to ever accomodate it. I am replacing a Levinson 39 and don't really want all in one again either. They also have yet to reply to any emails for more information and discontinued their 'top line' transport/d2a which hardly inspires confidence in their uprgrade ability.

Meitner combos probably within budget. Not necessarily so keen on combining products (d2a/pre in one box) given my Levinson experience. Look a bit industrial for my tastes; the player in particular while the d2a is 'ok'. They do not accomodate more than 96khz processing - and I am not sure how important that is.

Weiss Jason/Medea and Rowland preamp gets me the modularity I like. Medea can accomodate greater than 96khz processing for what thats worth. Both companies are very responsive to queries via email. A ssp can control the synergy 2i in a surround sound setup. Downside is this is over budget, Weiss units I doubt will ever accomodate sacd regardless of their internal modularity - or at least not anywhere near cost effective so probably unlikely but I could be wrong.

These are my leading contenders at the moment. I do not want tubes. I might get vinyl at some point (which I could get a rowland phono amp for). I just want the most likely future proof front end - granted I know that is tough to do. The dcs is out of my price range and I do not want to buy used - it is also imho so heinously ugly that I just could not stand to look at.

Regards,

Yellowwwwducky


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