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Originally Posted by tp1
Really? Have you compared Ayre SACD to Accuphase SACD? The Ayre sounded way behind to me. The $10 K Ayre DX-5 was based on a Chinese built Oppo and Accuphase is a thoroughbred with ultra stable drives (built in house) and SACD rendition second to none in their price bracket IMO.
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I have to disagree, at a friends place.... Magico S5, ASR amp, the OPPO 105 knocked the socks off an Accuphase CD player... now it was an older model 500 or 600. I believe if OPPO had a machined aluminium chassis and cost 20x the price everyone would be going gaga over it. I remember when "made in Japan" = c**p, nowadays everything is made in China, and a lot of it is top class. Maybe Ayre stuffed the OPPO feeling the need to modify it?
Unfortunately many judge quality on retail price. I have an Atlas, because I can hear the difference on Vinyl, but I swear by My OPPO on CD/SACD. Just look around at how many hi-end systems have the OPPO as the cd source...quietly without fanfare just there
