Sim Eclipse cd or Emc1.cd player which one

Sutts,
it would be interesting to see your opinion between the Eclipse and the CApitole... There are not too many people that have experience with both units...

Lgregoir- I would LOVE to still have my Eclipse on hand to do a test of it as a transport only, using the digital 'in' on the Capitole. Why? Because as a TRANSPORT, the Eclipse is KILLER, extremely well built with a huge outboard power supply.

Just for fun, I tried using my Pioneer Elite DV-09 DVD player as a tranport with the Cap's dig in (using Illuminations DV-60 dig IC). Not bad, but Cap's own tranport was much better...

Sutts, which province do you live in? We can probably arrange something... ;-)

By the way, did you have the Eclipse CD player with the HDCD decoder? The Eclipse I have does not have the decoder built in (the HDCD decoder was taken out of the line in august last year). Kosta from Sim Audio told me that the new version (which I bought) is better sonically than the old one (even by bypassing the HDCD decoder on the previous model, the new model still comes winner). He also told me that the upgrade from the older version to the new is costs $1,800USD... I guess they must have made some significant changes...

Costa does price his upgrades somewhat higher than I would like. I have their excellent 'Attraction' HT processor- excellent analog section, and runs fully balanced outs on all 6 channels, HOWEVER, just to do a small upgrade to the digital board, etc., they want like $2,000! (CDN, but still...).

And yes- I did have the original (HDCD) Eclipse. The problem with Sim is that they refuse to even CONSIDER a 24/192 DAC section, mini-tube output stage (ala the Anagram chip set/A Aero Capitole), etc., even though these type of machines are now on top of the digital heap. Even the digital board for the Attraction processor comes from EAD (until that relationship dissolved), so now they will develop their own in the future. Anyways, back to the Eclipse- if I could demo one as a transport only WITH my Cap as the Dac section, that would be fun. Ironically, my local Sim Audio dealer (who does NOT lend stuff out) is like, 100 yards from my condo! too bad...