DVD-A/SACD two box solution what do you think?

Anybody out there heard the Esoteric DV-50? It got a rave in a review online in "Soundstage", and I believe it is scheduled to be reviewed in the August "Stereophile". It is half the price of the Linn Unidisk ($11,000.00), and might be just as good or better than the Linn.

I have caught wind that the unit is really good, and really a blast to have and use. Its adds dimension and flexibility to any system especially one that has a good foundation, meaning amp, speaker, cables, line conditioning etc. Seems like just the ticket. Leave it up to Teac a very old company to produce a product in a timely fashion when high ends guys are need for the newer technology but are hestitant to throw big money at a ever changing forum that wreaks constant change. The Esoteric seems to offer so many commom platforms that the higher powers probably won't beable to change them all to extinction at one time, making this piece a keeper in my eyes.

Now that I have my Esoteric DV-50, I can tell you that it is the most versitile, best-sounding digital device I have ever used, and I have lived with a lot of them including converters and CD decks from Levinson, ARC, and Dodson. Its resolution is uncanny, and the selectable upsampling filters really work (as opposed to the Sony SCD 777, which do virtually nothing you can hear). Also, it outperforms my friend's Linn Unidisk, for which he paid a cool ll,000 bucks!