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post #1 of 8
2/19/07 at 3:08pm
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I am a 5.1 audio engineer, and in my free time i love listening to SACD and other hi res sources.
i have great speakers and a great reciever but i still have a pretty outdated (or so i think) SACD player.

its a 3 year old pioneer dvd/sacd/dvd-a player. Its starting to crap out on me and not read my multichannel hybrid sacds. it only reads the cd layer. which makes me sad.

so, heres the question,
I work at bestbuy/Magnolia hi-fi, So i get amazing discounts on hi end yamaha and denon. Ill spend $500 but no more than that. What player should i get? (oh . . . and why?)

thanks
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post #2 of 8
2/19/07 at 3:16pm
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Originally Posted by muzik360 View Post

I am a 5.1 audio engineer, and in my free time i love listening to SACD and other hi res sources.
i have great speakers and a great reciever but i still have a pretty outdated (or so i think) SACD player.

its a 3 year old pioneer dvd/sacd/dvd-a player. Its starting to crap out on me and not read my multichannel hybrid sacds. it only reads the cd layer. which makes me sad.

so, heres the question,
I work at bestbuy/Magnolia hi-fi, So i get amazing discounts on hi end yamaha and denon. Ill spend $500 but no more than that. What player should i get? (oh . . . and why?)

thanks

If you trust ebay, you can get a new in box Pioneer Elite 79avi for 5-600. In local store auditions, I preferred it to similarly and higher priced models. There is a marantz model that is comparable...I think the Marantz does video better, but the pio E was nicer sound for audio, plus it has Ilink which is nice for easy multichannel transfer to your receiver.
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post #3 of 8
2/20/07 at 6:45am
There have been some good things said here about the Oppo Universal players. Check out the DV-970 HD for about $150.00 or the DV981 HD for around $230.00 . My Pioneer is working fine but if I were to change players, I would look hard at the Oppo's.


Bill
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post #4 of 8
2/21/07 at 1:42pm
I had/have the Denon 2200, 2910 and the 3910 and depending on how much money you want to spend I can recommend all three. A new 2930 should be in your price range with discount and used 3910's as well. I love my 3910 for both MC music and as a DVD player.
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post #5 of 8
2/21/07 at 5:01pm
I'd recommend a Pio Elite DVD player (both SACD & DVD-A) hooked up via iLink to a Pio Elite AVR - really sweet!
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post #6 of 8
2/21/07 at 5:35pm
What does a 5.1 audio engineer do?
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post #7 of 8
2/22/07 at 12:39pm
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What does a 5.1 audio engineer do?

well, i just got my degree about a year ago, I am still freelancing but making a living off it.

i mix and engineer music (raw tracks straight from recording engineers or studio work) mostly in dts and dolby 5.1, i am saving the money now to get a dsd recorder for sacds. . . but my stuff now is pcm hi res. . . .

if anyone else is interested pm me. .. .
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post #8 of 8
2/22/07 at 1:36pm
That's cool. Thanks for answering.

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