Esoteric DV-60

I had a Sansui 9090db reciever that was purchased in 1975 and I estimated that it has close to 20,000 hours on it and a lot of those hours were run hard at parties with basic cables. My brother bought it first then I bought it from him and then gave it back to him. I think my 2 year old son will end up with it someday. The unit works great today. A well built cdp will last a long long time. I would not worry about wearing it out or anything else in a system that has descent build quality. Speakers on the other hand can take more of a beating and drivers will need to be replaced probably more quickly than a good player will need to be replaced. Putting 500 hours on a system to break it in is just puppies piss.

Polarity is something electrical.. My Esoteric dealer found it out when joining one of the listening sessions as he was confused that I still preferred the DV-50 S to the DV-60.
To be honest - a modded DV-50 S is stillmuch better than a stock DV-60 ;)

Perhaps the "absolute digital polarity" or phase? Is there such an on/off setting available on the DV60?

Some one out there please help...What is the issue with the DV50 vs the DV60 I own both and my first impression is that the 50 KILLS the 60 in audio-(no BULL) It is 7db stronger on the volume control on my preamp, I turn my preamp to 8:00 and have to turn the 60 to 2:00 to get the same volume level. My dealer friend came over to my house and concurred that the 50 is MUCH better on the audio side. It's not just the volume level that makes th 50 better-It's everything i.e- soundstage, image, depth perception, ETC. The video is GREAT on the 60, but the 50 is really a lot better on the audio side. Does anybody have a answer? Thanks all. I have over 700 hrs on the DV60.

Thanks to all of you for your insights and contributions. I ended up upgrading from the DV-50S to the UX-3 SE. I really did not see myself into the multichannel SACD, DVD-Audio or redbook modality. Perhaps one day I'll mod the UX-3 SE but I'll get used to it's sound first with my equipment, speakers, and room design. Thanks. Dave