Anyone Heard the McCormack UDP-1?

Has anyone had a chance to listen to the McCormack UDP-1?
Even better does anyone own one? How is it? Has anyone seen any reviews posted?
thanks.

huntermusic03-09-2005 4:43pm

fmtien Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 47 posts 03-10-2005 at 06:36am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete for the $ the McCormack UDP-1 is really quite special. for redbook and dvd-a, it is simply incredible. i was able to a/b the UDP-1 with a number of dedicated DACs as well as the Esoteric DV-50. i don't have enough software on SACD to be able to properly evaluate SACD performance. peter moncrief wrote a fantastic and thorough review on it... http://www.iar-80.com/page102.html
fmtien Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 47 posts 03-10-2005 at 11:05pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete "Is no one bothered by the test results in Stereophile which show that the MCcormick is not capable of hi-rez decoding?" no, not really. i've always been more interested in how a piece of gear sounds than measures since measurements won't tell how the piece really sounds. and i place more importance on how it handles redbook since most of my software is on CD anyways.