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"Now you sound like you're just whining and fishing for excuses to tear down this unit." ----------------------------------------------------- Actually, I was not tearing down the Onkyo by any means, I rather was lifting Denon up by making a point that Denon is very comparable to the Onkyo and...

"The analog output stage is as or more robust than the 5900, considering a new DAC structure, as well as adding the HDCD ability that the 2900 lacked. Also, the ability to add the Alpha24 processing to all channels." --------------------------------------------------------- In which way the...

"The consensus and growing trend goes like this: Most people who have demoed and compared the Onkyo to the Denon 3910 almost invariably dump the Denon for the Onkyo and walk. Hands down. To a lesser extent, depending on budget, they also favor the Onkyo over even the Pioneer 59. No kidding."...

"DSD->PCM for BM. In a $2000 player, shouldn't have to do it that way. Most Pioneers don't and the later Sony's don't. Why does the 5900 have to? I suppose the good thing is that if you go full range, not an issue." ----------------------------------------------------- If it bothers you so...

Sounds like nitpicking on fairly insignificant (IMO) details. 1. Kris Deering concluded that macroblocking is NOT a result of any errors by the player but a problem with DVD recordings. 2. Come on; the response time is not that slow. It is slightly slower than on other players but once you...

"Vladimir, you get my nomination for Quote of the year...I'm still trying to get my arms around this one. Thanks for giving me something to laugh at today!" --------------------------------------------------------- I am glad I could help! BTW I also like to listen to my Paradigms for hours...

"Whereas Vladimir has a bias and personal preference for Paradigms. He already has his mind set and is justifying his decision." Yes I do have a preference for Paradigms;) ...and that is why my advice was to try Rockets and Axioms first:D If you don't like them you can always get the...

I think both Rocket and Axiom forums are very biased. It seems that members on both forums have their minds set already and they just like to bash other products often incorrectly (IMO) to justify their decisions. It would be better (again IMO) to look at independent professional reviews of all...

CD Universe sells GYBR (hybrid SACD only) for $20.99 plus shipping.

Hi Trevor, I think you’re right. I did not realize that this was a cult-like spiritual discussion of mystical sounds with you as a holy Cult leader (and your modo must be “Ignorance is a bliss!”). I thought that Audio/Video Sources actually deal with Audio/Video signals but I was wrong. This...

Trevor, I thought discussing mods WAS a part of this thread. And also, when I was talking about delusions I was only talking about cables, burn-in times and possibly mods. I was not talking about different stock players as they can clearly be differentiated on the basis of physically measured...

Trevor, Yes, there are indeed two distinct groups of people – those who understand the scientific method and the principles behind the audio equipment and those who “think” they can hear the difference no matter what. Over and over again, it has been PROVEN scientifically that people easily...

Whatever you say Trev, I am sure you were an outstanding engineer and you have many degrees and awards in that field. I am also sure that you know by far more that engineers presenting those comparisons on the audioholics website. Oh and I almost forgot to mention all your degrees in...

This info is for some who are still interested in objective opinions based on science and not on faith and it concerns several issues discussed here such as mods, burn in time for cables and electronics, cables, etc. I just found this info myself and I thought it was quite impressive and...

“It's entirely clear you are both on a verbal crusade to establish the superiority of your twice the cost player (which is not actually being challenged, by the way). On the whole, you are only making yourselves look ridiculous, which is amusing to some, and irritating to others. In neither case...

I guess Trevor likes to continue in a personal style. By the way, I quoted Unredwood correctly, please check it out, but on this forum previously somebody posted a message from Underwood Wally saying something like: don't buy 5900, it sounds exactly like 2900. It also seems that except...

Arnoud, I agree with you but the whole thing got started here on this thread when people started saying that 5900 sounds exactly like 2900 and has no sonic benefits. As I personally disagree with that, I posted what I know about the differences between 2900 and 5900, that is all. Also, I have...

Trevor and Arnaud, I think this time you are getting unreasonable. I personally read many threads about many players - would you say I feel very insecure about my purchases and that is why I read about everything else? Are you forgetting that some people could just be curios and analytical...

I am quite familiar with psychology of biases as behavior is my specialty. I agree with you that any perception is a very subjective thing that could be influenced by numerous experiences, expectations and biases. All along, I maintained that the only objective comparison should be made blind...

This journal info sounds more like a gossip. What surprises me is that, like I said earlier, if you open a booklet that comes with a SACD, the guy who actually DID the work by mixing the record (Bob Clearmountain) and who definitely knows better than a journalist attending a party, clearly...

Trevor, I did not mean to offend anybody, if I did, I am truly sorry. Neither I meant to say that 5900 is the best. I just wanted to stress out how subjective and not always consistent the whole area is and that everybody is different and should be happy with whatever choice they made...

I couldn’t resist not making following comments about comparing stock dvd2900 with modded 2900 and 5900. There was a recent review by Bill Gaw of modded 2900 on the Enjoythemusic website and Bill Gaw also reviewed a stock 2900 a few months before that (also available on that website). After...

--------------------------------------------------------- “I'm admittedly not a big Roxy Music fan, but I came across a tidbit in the Oct Hi Fi World. A British mag. pg 81. The SACD is remastered from ... 16 bit/48 kHz DAT. The original analog tapes had degraded to the point where they couldn't...

Just copied a statement about 5900 sonic qualities from 5900 thread in AVC forum: ---------------------------------------------------------- "After 50 hours of sacd run in, I can say that the 5900 has sonics that are every bit as good as 3k first gen sacd/cd players such as the 777 es. I am...

-------------------------------------------------------- “Regarding the 5900's bass managment,yes it is more sophisticated then the 2900's rudimentary BM but the 5900 will do DSD-PCM conversion on SACDs if the BM is engaged,the 2900 doesn't.This maybe an issue with some,and may not be for...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Well, no, they *possibly* could. You'd have to rule out $1000 worth of expectation bias, and the possibility that the difference is due to something trivial like different output levels, at least.”...

Hi Trevor, $1600 price is from authorized dealers with full warranty. You can look through the 5900 thread on AVC forum and there is some information on where some folks were able to buy their 5900s for this price from authorized dealers. Yes, I agree that I was comparing the prices of...

"My hope would be the DVD-5900 would offer some sonic improvement, but there were clearly MANY video (and cabinet) associated changes to help consume the price differential." I just wanted to add a little to the debate about sonic qualities of 5900 vs 2900. First, it is not as clear if...