I haven't had the opportunity to make the 5200UGSE vs. 5200SE comparison, but was able to make the comparison for 8000 at Audio Images.

I expected that the 8000SL to 8000UGSE improvement would be greater than the 8000UGSE to 8000SE improvement, but found the opposite to be the case.

The comparison was made prior to MQA, so I don't know if anything has changed in the mean time which would alter that judgment.


Last edited by ISB; 2016-03-22 14:29. Reason: Add clarification
Cheers, Ian

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