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The Oppo is good. Also the flipping of the "audio/music ratio,"

Posted by Enophile on December 10, 2010 at 17:11:35:
Back in the day, reviewers and audiophiles used to talk about software investment compared to hardware expenditures and bandy about just how BIG this ratio should be.

Now, it is an inverted formula, with the majority of auiophiles having a higher expense invested in hardware than software.

More Wikileak info....

The average audiophile plays a 200gm audiophile re-issue an average of 1.5 times if he sometomes has other auiophiles over, and only plays side one once if he tends to be a solitary audio sort. The safest groove on an LP is anywhere after track 2 on side 2 of an audiophile LP.

More data:

The cartridge stylus tip of a high end cartridge lasts longer than the suspension of the cartridge - which suffers and degrades from disuse. "Hardening of the suspension" due to age and excessivley sedentary state occurs before stylus wear for the average audiophile.

Even more:

"Break in" of a piece of gear is an ever ongoing process, and continues in the life of a product until break-down begins to occur. There are people who claim to hear interconnect break in or speaker cable break in, but apparently none who can readily identify when the process of break down occurs. (You'd think manufacturers would be talking about cable expiration dates by now, eh?)

Lastly: The is no lasting groove deformity after the passing of a stylus and a music lover can play a record as many times in a day as he desires.