Any experience with the new EMM CDSA SE ?

Henryhk,

Too late. Spoke w. EMM. Each has a benefit & loss compared to the other. Hence balancing each other out. Lack of need for cables improves things on the CDSA. The separate power supplies is a benefit on the separates. Sonically there are people who prefer both. Me, I am now using the CDSA. Very nice, but needs time. I happen to like its musicality overall. Still Vinyl rules. Just more resolution. I will report back in a month or so when I know more.

I'd be more interested in this player if it had digital inputs.

David

Now there is the reason for the price difference between the 1 box & separates. No matter as SACD is its strong suit above all and no SACD has a digital out that is not exclusive to themselves.

I heard the 70K DCS setup. Very good but what you get from EMM is close enough. Obviously 2 separate systems, but compared both to Vinyl & vinyl is better to my ears.

Deshapiro: I agree. That would be an elegant solution for people who like the Meitner sound and want to add a PC front end. If they somehow allowed a digital stream through the player's USB port, even better (wishful thinking...)

Dgad, as you said you spoke with EMM, can you elaborate on exactly the difference in sound the for each? You mention only technical/design differences, but what are the sonic impacts...and are they noticable? We all know that power cables and interconnects can alter the sound. It's interesting to note that many comments written are similar, however the equipment its listened on is wildly differing!

One thing is true though, the burn-in time is 2-300 hours before the player stabilizes completely, for each CD and SACD circuits. Once that's behind you though, it's an absolutely remarkable player. It went miles past my prior player, Accuphase DP77, which was regarded in the German Stereo magazine listing as the topplayer since it came out in 2003. No doubt that for $10k this player is in a league of its own...despite some build/user frienliness weaknesses.

Regards
Henry