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Universal Players: Video Quality?
I agree on the Denon seek time and disk recognition. My 2800 jams up when reading disks from my video camera. 
Universal Players: Video Quality?
Check out www.hometheaterhifi.com. They rate the video performance of many DVD players. The Denon players consistently beat everybody. The Denon 5910 currently has the highest rating. Some of the results are suprising: some high-priced players may... 
Audiophile USB to PCM
Rk_t, Empirical Audio's web site (Audioengr in this thread) suggests that one should use Foobar software to upconvert to 24/96, because it allegedly is better than hardware upsampling. There may be other software that upconverts to 24/192?At the m... 
Soundcards with wordclock input
It seems like we're in the same boat, since I'm considering the Elgar+ (or the DAC6e). Currently, I'm leaning toward a device that converts USB to digital (e.g., s/pdif, AES/EBU, or I2S). There's no jitter with USB. I'm pretty sure that USB won't ... 
Valkyrja speaker cable versis valhalla
Not sure if you are still in the market, since your post is a few months old. I recently demoed the SPM, Valkyrja, and Valhalla speaker cables with my WATT/Puppies. Definitely noticeable steps in performance between the models. I also asked my wif... 
Best soundcard if have outboard DAC
Thanks for the great responses.Racerxnet: That sounds like the way to go. I use Cinemar MainLobby, which is a front end for J. River MediaCenter. I believe J. River has something like bit perfect output (it has bit perfect ripping).What kind of co...