What is new with the Memory Player?

I have two friends whom I trust who have heard the MP and were shocked at how good it sounded. I know full well that many believe a computer hard drive and a dac or sound board can equal it as bits are bits. I know this is not the case, however, given personal experience. I have not heard the MP except in the Behold suite, so I am anxious to hear it in an analog system at the RMAF. I hope there will be an opportunity to compare it with some known cd player or other hard-drive system, such as the VRS.

"I know full well that many believe a computer hard drive and a dac or sound board can equal it as bits are bits. I know this is not the case, however, given personal experience. I have not heard the MP except in the Behold suite, so I am anxious to hear it in an analog system at the RMAF."

Norm- if you haven't heard the MP in your system against other PC based playback systems, how can you say they don't equal or surpass the the MP?

Tedmbrady - Reviewers, like many audiophiles that have not reached audio nirvana can be awed when there is a big improvement in their systems. It is all relative. I have learned not to trust reviewers and be very wary of their system quality. I dont just send my stuff to ANY reviewer anymore. Most of their systems are not up to the standards of my own I believe.

Tbg - I heard a Behold system at CES and was not impressed. I even brought my own music track for them to rip. Maybe it was the setup because I have heard that it can sound very good. I examined the technology and made some observations:

1) the Clock used for the digital transmission to the Behold was the high-frequency CPU clock according to the exhibitors, a simple oscillator, not a separate low-jitter master clock

2) The digital 50 ohm lines to the Behold system were very long, about 20 feet, and were only two coax cables for two channels, rather than a clock and data separated for each channel and running "source-synchronous". Likely to introduce jitter IMO.

3) The DAC's in the Behold amps were integrated, but no reclocker etc..

4) I thought the build quality was exceptional, but I have read lots of feedback saying just the opposite....

Kana813, I never said that other hard-drive systems could not equal or surpass the MP. I said that hard-drive systems do not all sound alike. I have heard some that I would not own, including my Mac G4 playing cds even in 44.1. Also the early VRS systems were quite poor.

Audioengr, I agree that the MP in the Behold suite at CES was not impressive, but the same system with the exception of the speakers at the RMAF was quite good.

Of course neither used the MP with its 32 bit dac.