Dgad, as you said you spoke with EMM, can you elaborate on exactly the difference in sound the for each? You mention only technical/design differences, but what are the sonic impacts...and are they noticable? We all know that power cables and interconnects can alter the sound. It's interesting to note that many comments written are similar, however the equipment its listened on is wildly differing!
One thing is true though, the burn-in time is 2-300 hours before the player stabilizes completely, for each CD and SACD circuits. Once that's behind you though, it's an absolutely remarkable player. It went miles past my prior player, Accuphase DP77, which was regarded in the German Stereo magazine listing as the topplayer since it came out in 2003. No doubt that for $10k this player is in a league of its own...despite some build/user frienliness weaknesses.
Regards
Henry
One thing is true though, the burn-in time is 2-300 hours before the player stabilizes completely, for each CD and SACD circuits. Once that's behind you though, it's an absolutely remarkable player. It went miles past my prior player, Accuphase DP77, which was regarded in the German Stereo magazine listing as the topplayer since it came out in 2003. No doubt that for $10k this player is in a league of its own...despite some build/user frienliness weaknesses.
Regards
Henry