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What the?

That was an awesome post, I was thinking ...finally, a reply from somebody who gets it. And I was in total agreement as you made a case for not compromising on anything less than SOTA CD and SACD playback.

But then I got to the punchline: a universal player? You're kidding, right? Even the Esoteric, which is probably the best sounding stock universal player, will need mods to compete with SOTA CD and SACD sources. The Marantz and Linn are in another (lower) league - barely acceptable for a system like mine, but entirely out of place in a system like yellowwwwducky's.

I know that if I had yellowwwwducky's amp and speakers and $25k to spend on a front end, I wouldn't settle for anything less than the best digital reproduction, period. A stock universal player in his system would be like serving Swanson Hungry Man at an offcial state dinner.

Dave

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