Boy, am I bummed.


I bought a brand new Music Hall Maverick SACD player. I finally got it opened and installed into my new office and it will not play a single SACD; it will only play in Redbook CD layer format. What's more: it makes a very loud white noise whooshing sound when it it put into SACD format. Don't they test these things when they leave the building? Now I have to go thru the hassle of packing it up and shipping it back (UPS paperwork, hassle, phone calls, return authorization, etc.). Yeah, I know everything needs to be serviced and repaired from time to time but BRAND NEW??

Why is that you can buy and $149 piece of equipment from Best Buy, where they just throw it around the loading dock, and you bring it home, plug it in, and it works just fine---but a brand new piece of audiophile gear that I happily paid a lot of money for and whammo, gotcha!

I don't care how good it is supposed to sound; it sure doesn't sound good now.

First impressions are lasting impressions.
huntermusic
When my CAL Alpha started giving me problems,i popped up the cover and tortured it with the pliers,twisting and ripping out parts.Then,with a scream it went down the chute.
Audio police never showed up.
Go to walmart, buy a Panasonic S27 DVD/CDP, for 80.00, and you will have the same performance. I know, and I am not kidding.
The do reliability testing and engineer for survival.

Most tweaks only add their own parts and usually ruin the durability. CD and DVD player are all pretty much built in two places, and they ain't here. Then they all buy the same mechanisims and add thier own DA converters or toob stages and charge 10 times as much. Is it worth it, who can say but you do pay in $$$, service, and reliability.

Your purchasing often times, someones extended hobby.

loon