Anyone Heard the McCormack UDP-1?

for the $ the McCormack UDP-1 is really quite special. for redbook and dvd-a, it is simply incredible. i was able to a/b the UDP-1 with a number of dedicated DACs as well as the Esoteric DV-50. i don't have enough software on SACD to be able to properly evaluate SACD performance. peter moncrief wrote a fantastic and thorough review on it...

http://www.iar-80.com/page102.html

Is no one bothered by the test results in Stereophile which show that the MCcormick is not capable of hi-rez decoding? I guess it would not be a problem on the many discs, both DVD-A and SACD which don't contain hi-rez info anyway!

I for two, am very bothered by the test results that John Atkinson got on the UDP-1. I brought it up in a previous thread, but cannot remember which one.

"Is no one bothered by the test results in Stereophile which show that the MCcormick is not capable of hi-rez decoding?"

no, not really. i've always been more interested in how a piece of gear sounds than measures since measurements won't tell how the piece really sounds. and i place more importance on how it handles redbook since most of my software is on CD anyways.

I've got to say. I haven't read the review in stereophile. I'm glad I haven't. I've read at least 3 amazingly glowing reviews, and I have to agree with what I've read. The UDP-1 SOUNDS great on redbook, AND SACD in my system. I have no Idea how it MEASURES in my system. ;-)

p