Gary

As a retired CA whose limited knowledge of AV matters has been built up over several years of owning Meridian equipment and the excellence of this forum I am trying to get my head round the situation with the performance of the ‘Edge`
What started for me as a simple requirement to access better quality audio from my Sony BDS 350 Bluray player into my G68 has escalated into a somewhat highly technical discussion. My original requirement would have been met by a modified Clux and as I only have need for a single input (Sky HD audio is crap) this was my intention except that nobody seems to offer these any more. Moving up the scale is the Octavia but where can a modified Octavia be purchased? So we eventually come to your modified DVDO Edge which gives additional features but at a significantly increased cost over the alternatives. I`m not sure that I need the video upscaling because my recently purchased Pioneer Kuro 500A is extremely good and I have no idea how much ,if at all, this would be improved by the edge.
What is apparent is that there would now be two extra boxes (the Edge and the Gefen) with the total cost in the region of $1300 about �1000 and this assumes that Customs accept the fact that as Modified/repaired units the duty would be minimal if any. A UPS container with 25 ‘repaired/modified` units might invite suspicion?
Given the present situation I think that I need to consider my options because if the HD621 can be acquired with a powerbuy in the UK saving say 10% this may be a more suitable alternative


Rod


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