Guido,
That's an excellent idea and I will pose that question to 711. If the mountain won't come to you then sometimes you have to go to the mountain!
In the meantime I have some very good news! I found another dealer in my area that has both a DV 50 and a UX-1 on the showroom floor. He is more than happy to allow me to do a face off between both players. He's already told me that the UX-1 is considerably better than the DV-50 in both redbook and SACD but now I will get a chance to hear it for myself.
I actually spoke with Marc Michelson yesterday by phone (he reviewed both the X01 and UX-1 for Soundstage) and he told me that if he had to rank redbook performance of the three players that the X01 would be a 100, the UX-1 an 80 and the DV 50 about a 60. A 20% improvement in the redbook performance over the DV 50 is still quite substantial and would bring it closer to the modded Denon's. It depends on what areas the improvements lie in. But as far as producing two and three dimensional soundstages its going to be hard to beat the Denon's. I must admit that although the X01 offers better CD and SACD playback than the UX-1 I'm still torn between the two as the UX1 plays all formats and my system does double duty as both a 2 channel and HT set-up.
I'm also excited because this same dealer carries the Audio Research CD MK III (latest model) which is supposed to be a killer redbook only player and has many great reviews. It also has tubes like the modded Denon's so it shoudl give me a sound " at least in the same category...if not the sonic equal" of the modded denon's. Of course, I will AB the redbook playback of the AR against the DV 50. The dealer has already told me that the UX1 is a better redbook player than the AR unit. If that's the case it says a lot about the UX1. However, I don't know if its true as I found the Electrocompaniet EMC 1UP to provide better redbook than the DV 50 (despite my initial listening tests that led me to believe otherwise).
Tomorrow will be a GREAT DAY as I plan on doing all of my listening tests then. 711, if you want to go out to Morton Grove with me tomorrow (and bring your modded denon's) let me know. However, if you wish to just wait and make the ultimate comparision against X01 we can do that this weekend downtown.
Boy, being an audiophile is a great hobby!!
AVGURU
That's an excellent idea and I will pose that question to 711. If the mountain won't come to you then sometimes you have to go to the mountain!
In the meantime I have some very good news! I found another dealer in my area that has both a DV 50 and a UX-1 on the showroom floor. He is more than happy to allow me to do a face off between both players. He's already told me that the UX-1 is considerably better than the DV-50 in both redbook and SACD but now I will get a chance to hear it for myself.
I actually spoke with Marc Michelson yesterday by phone (he reviewed both the X01 and UX-1 for Soundstage) and he told me that if he had to rank redbook performance of the three players that the X01 would be a 100, the UX-1 an 80 and the DV 50 about a 60. A 20% improvement in the redbook performance over the DV 50 is still quite substantial and would bring it closer to the modded Denon's. It depends on what areas the improvements lie in. But as far as producing two and three dimensional soundstages its going to be hard to beat the Denon's. I must admit that although the X01 offers better CD and SACD playback than the UX-1 I'm still torn between the two as the UX1 plays all formats and my system does double duty as both a 2 channel and HT set-up.
I'm also excited because this same dealer carries the Audio Research CD MK III (latest model) which is supposed to be a killer redbook only player and has many great reviews. It also has tubes like the modded Denon's so it shoudl give me a sound " at least in the same category...if not the sonic equal" of the modded denon's. Of course, I will AB the redbook playback of the AR against the DV 50. The dealer has already told me that the UX1 is a better redbook player than the AR unit. If that's the case it says a lot about the UX1. However, I don't know if its true as I found the Electrocompaniet EMC 1UP to provide better redbook than the DV 50 (despite my initial listening tests that led me to believe otherwise).
Tomorrow will be a GREAT DAY as I plan on doing all of my listening tests then. 711, if you want to go out to Morton Grove with me tomorrow (and bring your modded denon's) let me know. However, if you wish to just wait and make the ultimate comparision against X01 we can do that this weekend downtown.
Boy, being an audiophile is a great hobby!!
AVGURU