In Reply to: RE: SCD-XA5400ES availability posted by Disbeliever on August 2, 2011 at 10:48:33:
When you say "no hype," have you heard it compared to the Ayre? I have owned three Sony SACD players, and none were very good, but the buzz around here is that the 5400 is the real thing. Many people though are comparing it to players I don't consider very good, either. One poster, who has a lot of experience with SACD players, was quite unimpressed with it. I'm really hoping to be impressed, as I like MCH, and the Ayre doesn't do that. The Ayre is far better than my modified Marantz, which is better than any Sony I have heard.
Joe
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Follow Ups
- RE: SCD-XA5400ES availability - jsm 10:03:28 08/03/11 (51)
- Whoa. - Kal Rubinson 12:18:17 08/03/11 (48)
- Not so for mine. - jsm 14:26:58 08/04/11 (47)
- Ah. - Kal Rubinson 14:37:45 08/04/11 (46)
- Kal, if you are still reading this old thread...HDMI - jsm 11:02:56 08/07/11 (45)
- RE: Kal, if you are still reading this old thread...HDMI - Disbeliever 23:45:28 08/07/11 (42)
- Different people hear the same thing differently. It's good we have so many choices. - jsm 10:20:05 08/08/11 (41)
- RE: Different people hear the same thing differently. It's good we have so many choices. - Fitzcaraldo215 08:43:02 08/11/11 (29)
- Have you done the comparison. - jsm 11:13:31 08/12/11 (10)
- RE: Have you done the comparison. - Disbeliever 00:48:56 08/13/11 (1)
- Entire system upgraded. - jsm 16:27:01 08/14/11 (0)
- RE: Have you done the comparison. - Fitzcaraldo215 14:55:46 08/12/11 (7)
- RE: Have you done the comparison. - jsm 16:38:39 08/14/11 (6)
- RE: Have you done the comparison. - Fitzcaraldo215 07:17:39 08/15/11 (1)
- Multichannel sound- early adopter. - jsm 12:10:23 08/15/11 (0)
- RE: Have you done the comparison. - Disbeliever 22:59:30 08/14/11 (0)
- RE: Have you done the comparison. - Robert C. Lang 17:29:35 08/14/11 (2)
- Break in. - jsm 11:42:44 08/15/11 (1)
- RE: Break in. - Robert C. Lang 19:51:02 08/16/11 (0)
- RE: Different people hear the same thing differently. It's good we have so many choices. - Disbeliever 10:18:41 08/11/11 (17)
- RE: Different people hear the same thing differently. It's good we have so many choices. - Fitzcaraldo215 15:31:49 08/11/11 (16)
- RE: Different people hear the same thing differently. It's good we have so many choices. - Disbeliever 00:44:08 08/12/11 (13)
- RE: Different people hear the same thing differently. It's good we have so many choices. - Fitzcaraldo215 08:12:28 08/12/11 (12)
- RE: Different people hear the same thing differently. It's good we have so many choices. - Disbeliever 09:01:22 08/12/11 (11)
- RE: Different people hear the same thing differently. It's good we have so many choices. - Fitzcaraldo215 14:25:27 08/12/11 (5)
- RE: Different people hear the same thing differently. It's good we have so many choices. - JohanV 09:01:17 08/16/11 (1)
- RE: Different people hear the same thing differently. It's good we have so many choices. - Disbeliever 23:44:30 08/16/11 (0)
- RE: Different people hear the same thing differently. It's good we have so many choices. - Disbeliever 00:38:37 08/13/11 (2)
- RE: Different people hear the same thing differently. It's good we have so many choices. - Fitzcaraldo215 08:56:12 08/13/11 (1)
- RE: Different people hear the same thing differently. It's good we have so many choices. - Disbeliever 11:07:34 08/13/11 (0)
- Good question, but... - avsBuddy 09:31:52 08/12/11 (4)
- RE: Good question, but... - Fitzcaraldo215 14:07:50 08/12/11 (1)
- Not just SACD - avsBuddy 14:20:56 08/12/11 (0)
- RE: Good question, but... - Kal Rubinson 12:58:01 08/12/11 (1)
- Yep. And that's why I'm still with Marantz :) nt - avsBuddy 13:27:34 08/12/11 (0)
- RE: Different people hear the same thing differently. It's good we have so many choices. - JohanV 23:05:55 08/11/11 (1)
- RE: Different people hear the same thing differently. It's good we have so many choices. - Fitzcaraldo215 07:19:06 08/12/11 (0)
- RE: Different people hear the same thing differently. It's good we have so many choices. - Disbeliever 10:40:21 08/08/11 (10)
- Jitter. - jsm 11:05:46 08/08/11 (9)
- RE: Jitter. - JohanV 08:10:03 08/09/11 (8)
- RE: Jitter. - Fitzcaraldo215 19:44:19 08/09/11 (7)
- RE: Jitter and Its Effects - JohanV 22:05:07 08/09/11 (6)
- RE: Jitter and Its Effects - Fitzcaraldo215 18:46:26 08/10/11 (5)
- RE: Jitter and Its Effects - JohanV 20:52:27 08/10/11 (4)
- RE: Jitter and Its Effects - Fitzcaraldo215 07:50:22 08/12/11 (0)
- RE: Jitter and Its Effects - Fitzcaraldo215 08:57:25 08/11/11 (1)
- RE: Jitter and Its Effects - JohanV 09:49:22 08/11/11 (0)
- RE: Jitter and Its Effects - Disbeliever 23:41:09 08/10/11 (0)
- RE: Kal, if you are still reading this old thread...HDMI - Kal Rubinson 11:45:12 08/07/11 (1)
- RE: Kal, if you are still reading this old thread...HDMI - jsm 09:53:00 08/08/11 (0)
- RE: SCD-XA5400ES availability - Disbeliever 10:51:54 08/03/11 (1)
- I'll wait and see. - jsm 14:39:38 08/04/11 (0)