Originally Posted by Custom HT
Simon, my take on this is that the Oppo is more revealing(especially the fully loaded modded versions), all these mods pull everything that can be gotten from the unit

sort of like HD-SDI for video, you get to a point where things are so revealing that you realize half the media out there is not all that great tired

just wanted to let everyone know that region free should be available next week, I will update the powerbuy page

thanks

I'd be careful with the "more revealing" equals "more harsh" argument.

Folks on this forum have some very "revealing" systems and you don't hear the word "harsh" too often. Some folks have systems well over $100K.

Meridian's DVD-A players are amount the best you can get for getting every nuance out of a recording and I've never heard anyone mention "harsh".

I will mention though that when you feed a Meridian Processor 24bit data it will bypass the resolution enhancement which includes dithering which gives the sound a bit of warmth. However anytime I've listen to 24/96 or 24/88 on good recordingings (from several sources) I never found it harsh.

I have a PS3 with SACD running through a Clux with same Shawn design mod and it is not harsh in the least.

I recommend you listen to concerns carefully before writing them off as more revealing.

One thing I suggest is a sanity check with a DTS CD and see if the Meridian can processor can decode it. I forget if someone already did this on the BD-83 modded player or not.

What I have found over the years as things have improoved I can play it louder and louder because it's less and less harsh. I accidently had a bug in remote that cranked the volume up to 99 and I thought for sure I would blow a tweeter or something. Amazingly it didn't distort or sound all that bad. I find I actually have to be careful because things are so clean that I can have up to loud with out it "hurting". Sort of like it's too easy to speed in newer and newer cars because they handle so nicely.

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