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Electrocompaniet EMC-1: let's talk?

"The history of the player is:
24/96 (original)
24/192 (upgraded DAC)
24/192 UP (upgraded DAC plus various internal component upgrades).

The "SE" and "MKII" designations refer to the 24/192 UP and 24/192 players. Neither of these are actually official names given by Electrocompaniet. Someone (dealer or customer) referred to the EMC-1 players as "SE" and "MKII" some months back and the names just kinda' stuck."
The above from the horse's mouth, an authorized dealer. After having gone through hell selling my Dodson 217 MK II D, competing w/guys mistakenly advertising their units w/out mentioning they were upgraded and not the latest model, I'm a bit sensitive to mis-categorizations, no matter how innocent. (Anyone playing these games should be pilloried in front of an array of Bose speakers).
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brianmgrarcom
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I don't know if this helps, but mine states on the back, EMC1-UP.
subaruguru
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Jayme.
It's not too hard. The new DAC (UPCC-1) was put into production in late spring of 2001, having the so-called "UP-DAC" (for upsampled DAC), and going from $4k to $5k. These units came to be known here as the MkII. For awhile in Europe you could buy BOTH 24/96 and 24/192, the latter more expensive, of course. I believe that in August 2002 all production of these EMC-1 have the latest analogue upgrades...with the accompanying price rise from $5k to $5500 here in the US. List price in Europe used to be about
$2200 ($4khere) up to Spring 2001 (when I got my 24/192).
Now it's about $3k ($5500 here). I'm about to get my 24/192 modded with the analogue "UP"-grade soon...anyone tell me if it TRULY sounds better? How? Thanks.
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jayme OP
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Subaru guy: thanks for the further clarification. Regards.
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