I am considering the Ayre DX5 / Oppo or Theta CompliBlu.
I�m running a Meridian 861V4 + 621 on the audio side and a Runco video processor + Runco plasma display on the video side. From what I have been able to ascertain , the Ayre is unlikely to offer me much (if any) benefit in terms of Blu-Ray video presentation versus the OPPO or Theta for that matter. Is this a correct assumption or am i missing something?
Note according to Ayre. I have not tried the Ayre video.
On the audio side, given that I�m using the 861 + 621 I am also assuming that the Ayre/OPPO/Theta will not provide me with materially better/higher quality audio when watching Blu-Ray or DVDs? Is that also a correct assumption or am I again missing something?
I am sworn to silence about the Ayre until my column appears in January. Michael Fremer comments on the analog audio outputs in the current issue of Stereophile.