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Still early days, but promising ...

I've heard reports that the BDP-83SE is "dark" sounding, but the NE is definitely not "dark."

Similar sonic signature to the XA777ES (which is a *good* thing) but currently sounding just a little less refined and less liquid.

Also, it has less *slam* than the XA777ES.

But it's still early days. The XA777ES sounded terrible when I first plugged it in (I was so ready to return it immediately) but after 50-100 hours it really settled in and I ended up liking it a lot.

On the plus side, the new unit has incredible detail - no doubt courtesy of the Sabre DACs. Listening to the SFS Mahler discs - OMG it was like I was in a concert hall it was so eerily realistic.

Also watching Gandhi I could make out individual conversations in some of the crowd scenes. Amazing jaw dropping level of detail.


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