Originally Posted by lepin
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.

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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.


Last edited by Kal Rubinson; 2010-11-17 21:42.

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