why a 75 dollar blue ray smokes all 2k CD players and any turntable???

'If you read into the literature far enough you can frequently identify the truly great equipment. Examples are the Airtight PC 1 Supreme and the Parasound JC 1.
Trusting someone else's hearing is a sure recipe for disaster. "
mijostyn,
There seems to be a contradiction there. If you are believing that those two amplifiers are great based on written words, aren't you trusting someone else's hearing?

The best way, for me, to hear music is on a Blu-ray disc thru my Blu-ray Player. I think all music should be produced on a Blu-ray Disc, as a Blu-ray disc can properly hold all the information. Play the Eagles Farewell Tour 1 on a Blu-ray disc, in your Blu-ray Player through your audio system and this will certainly answer all your questions about Audio. The audio from a Blu-ray Disc is waaaaay beyond anything you will ever hear from a CD or Vinyl, providing the audio is a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 or 7.1, or Dolby Atmos

Roxy, in short yes but I am looking for a joint opinion that is very consistent. For instance the JC 1 is alway described as "effortless" which it certainly is. I am also talking about professional reviewers not an individual lay person. I would never trust an individual review unless I had consistently verified the reviewer's opinion on my own which admittedly is difficult to do. I approach every review with several grains of salt. Frankly, I never really pay attention until I am ready to buy something. As for the opinion of people here? I do not expect them to believe me in discussing the sound of something. What something sounds like is a personal issue. How something works on the other hand is not. Why an item should function and sound better is always open for discussion as these whys are very important when it comes to choosing equipment. Everyone has to add it up on their own. But if you choose equipment based on what a single or even group of lay persons says it sounds like you are asking for it. At that point it is always best to listen for yourself. This is particularly true of speakers.  

Allyndrew, I think you are assuming a surround system which most of us do not like. I do have many Blu ray discs that sound great in just stereo PCM. But I think the visuals add a lot to it. For some psychological reason seeing the band makes it sound better.  

Junk In = Junk Out.Its nearly always the case of diminishing returns the further up the audio chain we go.