KRELL SACD or TEAC Esoteric DV-50

I auditioned the Esoteric DV-50 and thought it's way overrated. The sound was thin, digital and tinny, like most Japanese digital. I have also heard a Krell KPS28c in my system and it was marvelous. I understand the SACD Standard is derived from it and sounds similar. In short, the Esoteric stinks, stick with an American player.

Linn Unidisk 1.1 is the ticket if you got the scratch.

Keith

The two new bigger brothers of the TEAC DV-50 really look like killer machines. Both use the new VRDS-NEO CD/SACD/DVD mechanism. The big questions are price and availability in Europe and the US.

See http://www.teac.co.jp/av/index.html (babelfish.altavista.com is your friend...)

Qualified guess: VRDS-NEO will be the mechanism in Wadia's new multiformat-transport that is due this summer.

It amazes the differences in responses here regarding the same players.

I now agree with Keithr that the Linn Unidisk 1.1 is the best I have heard. After a friend got all the bugs worked out of the Linn (two trips back to Linn), the sound he is getting is superb! As much as I like my DV-50, it simply does not have the air, dimensionality and overall musicality of the Unidisk. Alas, I cannot afford it, so I will continue to enjoy the fine (but not ultimate) performance of the Esoteric.