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In Reply to: RE: REVIEW: Vacuum State Electronics VSE modified Sony SCD-XA5400ES with Terra Firma Lite SACD Player (Modded) posted by Karltoo on August 10, 2009 at 07:59:34
"Do you REALLY believe any owner of the heavy hitters or his few dealers would send or loan the player to me for possible in depth review?? If I were the company owner I would forbid any dealer to even let you bring a VSEI upgraded player into the store for a brief comparison!"
That's not the point and you know it.
If I wrote a review of a SET amp I thought was as good as it got, and to reinforce my opinion I stated that it competed with the Audio Note Ongaku and other heavy hitters, it wouldn't mean diddly squat if I'd never heard the Ongaku or other similarly priced SET amps.
I've no doubt whatsoever that this latest modded player is excellent and wouldn't say that it couldn't compete with the 'big hitters' as I'd back a well modified player against a stock player any day with only a couple of exceptions.
Making comparisons to competitors that the reviewer has no experience of, at least not in a similar system, is a massive turn-off to me and casts the rest of the review in a different light.
If the reviewer would stick to saying he hasn't heard a better player at any price this would get the message across and could not be questioned in any way by sceptic like myself who don't necessarily believe a player's quality is being exaggerated, just that other players shouldn't be used to hype a player with comparisons which have never been made.
Finally, off-hand I can think of Alex at APL who is always keen on 'shoot-outs' with competing players, and I bought my first Audio Note DAC when Peter Qvortrup offered to send one to Rich to compare against his Sony SCD-1/777ES if memory serves me right.
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
Follow Ups:
Chris; Yes, I have had experience with heavy hitters in systems that
their manufacturers would consider superior to mine year after
year at CES and THE SHOW plus have had manufacturers come to my home
in sunny Florida in the winter months to make certain all is correct
to properly evaluate their components.After my surprise introduction to VSEI'upgrades, I would have preferred shelling out for any single chassis player instead of purchasing the four Sony players I now own plus an Esoteric and have a OPPO waiting for Bill Thalmann to do the VSEI magic
to it to add another BluRay machine for my use. As you can tell my logic
was following a promising person/outlook for years. It was not a money
saving decision! I simply having been chasing the potential best for a long time plus backup player. Tell me which single chassis player is
better sounding. As you may have noticed,now I try, exception coming,
to review components as little as possible because I spend months for
one and then tend to get static from any that do not really know me.
Brief music reviews "pushing classical music" interests me so much
more though my offer to pay for shipping a heavy-hitter to me still
stands. What more can I do than listen at manufacturers' demonstrations??
I replied to you mistaking you for the reviewer of the VSE player when you said "Yes, I have had experience with heavy hitters in systems that
their manufacturers would consider superior to mine year after
year at CES".
The point I made was that the reviewer didn't appear to make any comparisons to the 'big hitters' he claimed the modded player competed with, and the point still stands.
I see Metralla acknowledges he should perhaps have used different phrasing and fair play to him for that.
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
That's all I needed to know so thanks for the response - puts the review in a better light for me and like I said, I'd never under-estimate how well an expertly modified player will compare to the 'established' marque brands.
In fact I've just bought an old modified dual TDA1541S1 Sony for my second system which is apparently a world-beater after having a 'proper' valve output fitted among other changes, though I've yet to hear it for myself.
It is a healthy state of affairs however when we're getting increasingly excited about digital front ends, rather than comparing them unfavourably to vinyl.
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
I have seen the fabled Audio Note Ongaku two or three times. In not one instance was it connected and playing music. Fabled indeed.
I'd have taken an accomplice, created a diversion and hooked it up myself.
You've got no sense of adventure Ozzie.
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
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