Nick,

Thank you for your input. It�s interesting to note that through your comparisons between blu-ray players you have been able to discern a difference in quality on the audio side. I had slowly come to assume that when using a HD621 audio performance between players was effectively levelled out but clearly this is not your experience. I have never done any A/B comparisons between blu-ray players in the same set-up and thus have no first hand experience.

On a different note, I spoke to Audiocom yesterday. They were extremely helpful. They do not have a firm release date for their Oppo 93 modified unit as they�re not sure when they�ll receive OEM units from Oppo. They�ve also not finalised the specs for the modifications that they�ll be offering to these units but they�ll be similar in scope/style to what they offered on the 83 model. For Meridian HD621 users it is interesting to note that they�ll be able to offer a high spec set of modifications to those people who only plan to use the unit as a transport (i.e. you can spend zero money modifying the analogue audio circuitry and direct all of your money to modifying the circuitry that you do care about). It seems that they�re hoping to be able to offer modified units to customers in early 2011 (Jane/Feb?).