A good DAC: AN kondo, dCS or EMM labs ?

Rcprince, I will be very happy to read your post about the memory player, it seems that the MP will handle practically all, but let us to see, but if it can beat the forsell, this will be a giant step forward, because I remember the sound on the Forsell, and practically never I have heard something so good, only Scarlatti, AN Kondo touch this sound.

Emigene have you heard the Scarlatti vs the Puccini or Paganini?

Ok, now you're blowing my mind. I went to the Memory Player site and see that it has a 32-bit, tube DAC. The claim to fame of the MP, besides the 32-bit DAC, is that it reads the source disc into a large memory and re-reads as part of the error correction (error prevention) mode, hoping to achieve "bit-perfect" disc reading. That's great, but why would anyone go to an external DAC, unless the MP DAC is inferior?

I like the concept of the MP (except for the tubes) but if you're going to put tubes in the chain, then why would you bypass them with an external DAC? Just wondering.

Dave

kops: sorry, but I only heard the scarlatti in all Scarlatti digital front

Dave, I think the MP also comes in a DAC-less version.