Yes, but it is still relevant. Interestingly enough I would offer the following. I have Qobuz, a Luxman DX10, a Marantz SA10 and I will not list all the vinyl stuff. Here is how it breaks down for me. Qobuz is a very useful scouting tool. I read a review that seems like something of interest, then preview on Qobuz. If I like it I buy it. Vinyl is first choice, unless it is >2x the price of the cd. The 10XD sounds a teeny tiny bit better than the SA10, not enough to worry about frankly. But here's a thing that happens every now and then. A disc will not play on the 10XD. No amount of coaxing, in-n-out, on-n-off, nothing works, nada, will not play. Except every disc will play in the SA10. Always. Never had a problem with it. So here is an open book quiz. Take a brand new, undamaged cd that the DX10 will no play, but plays just fine in the SA10. The question is not which one sounds better, that one is a gimme in this situation. The question is this: D10X cost me $16K =/-, the SA10 cost me $4,500+/-, if you could only have one knowing what I know now, which would you choose?
