What is new with the Memory Player?

Scottr,
I would very much like to hear your impressions of this player. What are the lead times involved in ordering one. Have the abandoned the unit that includes the onboard dac? Bob

Baranyi, unit is transpot only. Only upgrade was an increased hard drive - holds 360 CD's. I have a quality DAC to connect it to, so wasn't motivated to get their DAC.

In terms of lead times, last I heard it was a few weeks but that could change with increased demand - small operation. You should speak to them to know for sure.

I'll be sure to pass along my comments after I've had some time with it.

Deshapiro, I'm not sure what your options are WRT to taking advantage of music on a seperate hard drive. You should call them.

Audio Doctor update.

After living with the Memory Player for a little while, here are my observations:

1: Sound quality is remarkable and actually mirrors many of the qualities of a really good vinyl front end.

2: GUI is very primitive.

3: Operation can be improved.

4: Build quality is okay and needs improvement.

But even with those caveats I can not recommend this thing enough! I have for the first time found digital to be as involving as a really good analog system and in some ways superior.

The absence of noise, clicks and pops and the easy of digital combined with the soundstaging of analog and an sense of musical involvement that analog gives, makes me so excited to have a Memory Player.

It is also refereshing to find that so many reviewers are right on the money.

Audiooracle,
Thanks for your response. I have a couple of questions regrding you post starting with what is GUI? Could you elaborate on the rest of your system that you used with the Memory player? What are the better transports have you used which pale in contrast to the Memory player. Lastly, what dac or dacs did you use with the Memory Player? Bob

A GUI is a Graphic User Interface ie the connected part of man and machine, ie Windows any version and of course the MAC!

In the case of the Memory Player designed by propeller heads for propeller heads.

In our showroom we are running the Memory Player into an Audio Aero Prestige which is in itself is a remarkable cd player.

With the Prestige's built in DAC we can switch between built in optical and external Memory drives. In every way the Memory Player bests the optical reader.

If you stop and think about the built in optical player should have no jitter as it is a direct read from the laser to the DAC vs, a long external digital cable and connection jacks, but the superiority of the Memory Player is huge and is a different world of realism and involvement.