Comparison Cary 306, Wadia 581, EMM Labs CDSA

Is this the edition with the CD mechanism that isn't practically guaranteed to fail? Meitner needs to understand that performance doesn't matter if the unit's not reliable; when it's down you're getting no performance. In any case, considering the limited number of SACD releases compared to CD, Red Book performance should be imo the first consideration, SACD secondary.

Zeiman
I have been following a number of threads in regards to the emmlabs, esoteric and marantz units I am interested in. When I read your comments regarding emmlabs I keep thinking you are a competitor( either directly or indirectly), atleast the bitterness comes across like that. You just seem so passionate about your hatred towards emmlabs.
Incidently I am sure all of the cd/ sacd players mentioned are excellent. I see no reason to trash good equipment. It is fine to bring up issues( whether reliability or whatever) but there seems to be a lot of emotion in your responses and in my books raises doubts as to your motivations.

Please make an effort to listen to the newest EMM and be your own best reference. Lots of politics on open forums

i've not come across read or transport failure issues w/ the original transport in the CDSA, and am getting the new transport in a week or so.

has anyone else had read or transport failures w/ the CDSA? i'm curious if this is a real issue or not. (i did cite the flimisness of the original transport in my review on dagogo, but in fairness, its been flimsy, but perfectly reliable).

For anyone living on the bleeding edge of technology, there are going to be issues. I believe most companies have faltered at least a couple times in customer service and reliability. I would agree upon the importance of hearing equipment yourself. However, that is difficult for most and arguable whether valid under most conditions.

These threads are important to better understand manufacturer issues which may affect us. People have taken shots and Wadia, and same with EMM. In the end, one has to consider the facts, the source, and make an informed decision. Since the reviewers do nothing more than heap praise upon all that come through their system, we need to rely on each other to help buy the equipment that best suits our own tastes.

Each of the units in the original post have vastly different sonic signatures. It really depends upon the what the poster values in listening to music. Since there is no indication as to what that may be, we get threads that have nothing more than polarizing views.

Rob