What is new with the Memory Player?

The Behold power amplifiers of Mr Perry each have 8 pairs of Analogue Devices DA converters (the AD1853 to be precise). I don't know if these are of-the-shelve or made to order specially for Behold. But, there you have it. Wonder how much it contributes to the experience of the MP...

I think the concept and player itself needs to be clarified or simplified for more folks to understand.

There still seems to be a bit of confusion with the review and how the player faired as a transport only, or a player with the built in dac.

A lot of variables take place with or without digital cables, power cords and the like.

The Memory Player has great potential if given the right direction, although the trickle-down theory will begin to take effect for lesser cost.

Bigamp- MP owners must deal with a PC, since a laptop is used as a remote. It should be very easy for them to rip CDs onto the laptop and playback via RAMdisk or flash memory with a USB or Firewire digital interface and compare it to the MP.

Rx8man, right you are. I seek experiences with the Memory Player in an analog system using its internal dac. I have never heard it any way other than as the frontend of the digital Behold system.

The bit-perfect copying can not be the reason this thing sounds as it does. As many have pointed out, it is nothing new. As others have pointed out, even a low error rate in the copying is unlikely to affect the sound. The reason there is controversy about this player is that Nova Physics makes claims that are nonsense to people who know about this stuff. They would do better if they just said they are doing something proprietary in software and leave it at that.

I don't have it handy, but one of the first red flags raised about this product was by Robert Harley, who went out of his way to cry foul regarding the claims of the MP. His point was that it may be doing something great, but not for the reasons claimed. When it comes to digital, Harley is both credible and not inclined to bash anyone unfairly.

I heard the MP at RMAF last year and thought it sounded exceptional and possibly like a real breakthrough in digital. Rational, curious minds just want to know why.