[David Spear]

"Greg Grainger" wrote in message
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The Revox works fine, thank you very much, but it doesn't play DVDs or
MP-3s, much less DIV-X, so I have ended up with several 'specialist'
units scattered around the living room. I'm looking for a kind of
all-in-one unit that produces audiophile-quality sound and also does a
good job with DVDs.

I've got friends who rave about the Pioneer Elite series players, they
play pretty much everything and sound very good. You can pick 'em up
used on eBay for about $250-$300 so figure twice that new. The DV
series plays cd/dvd/sacd/dvd-a/mp3. I don't even know what DivX is, I
am old.

The higher-end Sonys and Denons seem to get good reviews as well.

The beauty of having a transport-and-dac is that the DAC will last
virtually forever... well, 20+ years 'till any semiconductors die.
The transport is what has all the moving parts which break. So cheap =
good if you're replacing the transport periodically. Of course if
you're keeping up with the Jones you only need a year or two out of
any component...

Just my 2 cents. I tend to be a pragmatist about sound and spend my
limited resources where it'll do the most good.

Dave

[Codifus]

On May 30, 11:50 am, "David Spear" wrote:
"Greg Grainger" wrote in message

...

In article ,
The Revox works fine, thank you very much, but it doesn't play DVDs or
MP-3s, much less DIV-X, so I have ended up with several 'specialist'
units scattered around the living room. I'm looking for a kind of
all-in-one unit that produces audiophile-quality sound and also does a
good job with DVDs.

I've got friends who rave about the Pioneer Elite series players, they
play pretty much everything and sound very good. You can pick 'em up
used on eBay for about $250-$300 so figure twice that new. The DV
series plays cd/dvd/sacd/dvd-a/mp3. I don't even know what DivX is, I
am old.

The higher-end Sonys and Denons seem to get good reviews as well.

The beauty of having a transport-and-dac is that the DAC will last
virtually forever... well, 20+ years 'till any semiconductors die.
The transport is what has all the moving parts which break. So cheap =
good if you're replacing the transport periodically. Of course if
you're keeping up with the Jones you only need a year or two out of
any component...

Just my 2 cents. I tend to be a pragmatist about sound and spend my
limited resources where it'll do the most good.

Dave

Even thought the DAC wil last 20+ years, it will be made obsolete
within 5 and probably relegated to a mediocre performer when it's 10
years old. Plus, all the new DACs will costs 100s of time less.

Look at the DAC1

$1000 now.

Guesstimate of $400 five years from now.

$50 in 10 years and you'll see a "buy-it-now" option on Ebay for it
for $30

In other words, the DAC should be the disposable part and the
transport should last forever.

CD

[WindsorFox[_2_]]

David Spear wrote:
"Greg Grainger" wrote in message
...
In article ,
The Revox works fine, thank you very much, but it doesn't play DVDs or
MP-3s, much less DIV-X, so I have ended up with several 'specialist'
units scattered around the living room. I'm looking for a kind of
all-in-one unit that produces audiophile-quality sound and also does a
good job with DVDs.

I've got friends who rave about the Pioneer Elite series players, they
play pretty much everything and sound very good. You can pick 'em up
used on eBay for about $250-$300 so figure twice that new. The DV
series plays cd/dvd/sacd/dvd-a/mp3. I don't even know what DivX is, I
am old.


Actually the DV46 which is the newest of the DV series and I saw at
a local place to me for $250 and the same price online new. I'm not sure
how much difference there is between it and the older higher units, but
the local guy I spoke to said that it is definitely the best for the
price and in his opinion was every bit as good in picture and audio
quality as the more expensive Sony and Denon.