Sony XA5400 v Opp BDP-93 & DVDO Edge

Kal Rubinson's recent comparison of the XA5400ES and BDP-95 in Stereophile seems to imply there is little difference with HDMI output. As I understand it, HDMI output from a 93 or 95 should sound essentially the same. But I prefer the sound of CDs from my XA5400ES to that of my BDP-93; it has greater transparency and immediacy, whereas the BDP-93 seems to have excessive mid-bass, and sounds overly mellow. The BDP-93 goes through a DVDO Edge video processor, and while I understand the Edge doesn't pass DSD, could it also be coloring the audio the BDP-93 sends to the Cary Cinema 11a even with CDs?

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