KRELL SACD or TEAC Esoteric DV-50

The two new bigger brothers of the TEAC DV-50 really look like killer machines. Both use the new VRDS-NEO CD/SACD/DVD mechanism. The big questions are price and availability in Europe and the US.

See http://www.teac.co.jp/av/index.html (babelfish.altavista.com is your friend...)

Qualified guess: VRDS-NEO will be the mechanism in Wadia's new multiformat-transport that is due this summer.

It amazes the differences in responses here regarding the same players.

I now agree with Keithr that the Linn Unidisk 1.1 is the best I have heard. After a friend got all the bugs worked out of the Linn (two trips back to Linn), the sound he is getting is superb! As much as I like my DV-50, it simply does not have the air, dimensionality and overall musicality of the Unidisk. Alas, I cannot afford it, so I will continue to enjoy the fine (but not ultimate) performance of the Esoteric.

I sold my DV-50 when I hooked up a panasonic portatble and heard more "air".

Irishdog, have you listened to both players in the same system; either in yours or your friend's?

Mak