[Gary Eickmeier]

Audio Empire wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:55:00 -0700, Arny Krueger wrote
(in article ):

"Rich Teer" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 18 Jul 2011, Rick wrote:

Hi, I'm looking to add a blu-ray player to my system. Can someone
give me some insight to the audio cd player quality vs. a stand
alone cd player.

If you're planning to hook it up via analogue interconnects, make
sure the Blu-ray player has a decent analogue section (some are
better than others). Analogue section upgrades were one of the
main reasons for the Special Editions of the recent Oppo player
(BD-83?).

In fact its hard to imagine that the analog section of a blu ray
player would have audible colorations. I've done measurements on $39
DVD players and their performance was such that there was no
question about the adequacy of their analog sections. The analog
section of a digital player is pretty simple - usually an analog
switch for muting and a op amp that is running at close to unity
gain.

OTOH, many of us get a laugh over high end optical players that are
just relabeled or reboxed mid fi equipment, perhaps with a vastly
overbuilt analog output stage and corresponding laughably overbuilt
power supply. It is all for show.



Like the MSB "Universal Media Player"? Merely a re-packaged Oppo
BSD-93 with a fancy power supply in a separate chassis, and
"proprietary" audio stuff which MSB sells for $4000! Of course one
still will need an external DAC and MSB will gladly sell your a DACIV
for $14000 or more....

I just bought a Sony BDP-SX1000 portable Blu Ray player. It has a 10 inch
screen that has a 1080 x 600 resolution and it can output to your large
screen with HDMI. This little thing can play anything, from CD to Blu Ray,
and also regular DVDs with hi def MPEG files, MPEG-4, Windows Media Video,
MP3 music files, WAV files, JPEG photos, and most any video files from a
portable hard drive that you can attach via the USB port. It was this player
that I used as a video screen to view my receiver from another room, via the
composite video in jack.

In addition to being a fantastic test bench for any kind of disc I want to
see after authoring, it can access the Blu Ray with breakneck speed, much
better than my component Panasonic. Has a LAN for BD Live too.

Gary Eickmeier