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Review: Sony SCD-XA5400ES CD Player
So much for the case of "little understanding"... http://www.linkedin.com/in/cyrilmartinNow Dave B., when it comes to your extensive ownership of expensive digital gear, all of them with no exception were using symmetrical FIR designs. Sad, very s... 
Review: Sony SCD-XA5400ES CD Player
Tino,yes, I have compared the Sony with the Magic DAC II using the Sony as a source for both- the Magic DAC in minimum phase mode definitively adds transparency and a sense that "the timing is right" at high frequency. As soon as the DAC Magic is ... 
Review: Sony SCD-XA5400ES CD Player
Update 2: I obtained the design white paper from Sony regarding the XA5400ES... As a side note, this paper should have been peer-reviewed as it contains many contradictory statements, and hints to the player having multichannel analog outputs, whi... 
Review: Sony SCD-XA5400ES CD Player
Alright, I did some digging and have a bit of information to offer to the general public! The DAC used in this unit is a DSD1796 (Burr Brown / TI) - The "Triple SADAC" topology used in the 9000es is gone, likely because it isn't very cost effectiv... 
Review: Sony SCD-XA5400ES CD Player
Dave, this only happens on CD- SACD is clean... Digital hardly needs any break-in, analog does, and the analog signal chain is the same for both CD and SACD- IMHO this is related to their CD upsampling filter choice (although they may have had no ... 
Review: Sony SCD-XA5400ES CD Player
Thank you- I have another source and the problem isn't there, nor does it happen with vinyl (although frequency extension is very different). I would attribute this to the Sony, and as previously stated, the type of filter selected to perform the ... 
Review: Sony SCD-XA5400ES CD Player
Possible to find in Germany from hifiberlinshop.de for ~1200euros incl. shipping. Just as many reviewers / buyers, I am impressed by the blend of qualities getting out of this player, and would go even further and say that it lost the "explosive" ... 
Looking for well recorded great piano on CD's
Well recorded great pianos...I always favored Werner Haas who unfortunately died in his 30's from a bike accident. There are a few recordings that are incredibly good, even though they were recorded 30 years ago...I would check "Hommage a Werner H...