I have one.  The sound is fair -- not great.  I would not use them for critical listening.  The main problem is that the sound has to be down-mixed to stereo (although there is a stereo-only mode) and Sony's HRTF is not great -- only fair (I would make a point of switching to the CINEMA HRTF...

Quote: Originally Posted by Aimless1 "The price rose to ¥189,000, but it seems that the sound quality also improved. Available for pre-reservation at DstyleSHOP in Japan! " Thanks for the heads up and the translation. I read through the specs and candidly, they seem like minor...

My rough translation of http://avic.livedoor.biz/archives/51239509.html: High fidelity audio firm Luxman announces the successor to the Luxman P-1 will be the Luxman P-1u! Unlike the many amplifiers which include external power supply and DACs, this model is a traditional high-quality...

On my M902, the cross feed is sticky -- once set, it stay set (even after power cycling) until you unset it. Hi/Lo is not sticky, but I've only needed that when directly driving a K1000.

I appears that Denon is just releasing these very slowly -- it is not J&R or B&H's fault. It took months to get mine, and my friends have had similar experiences. Even when I was in Japan, I noticed all the stores I visited had these out of stock, and I was told it would take a minimum of...

B&H just shipped a bunch out on 6/17. For at least some, wait time was 4 months.

Quote: Originally Posted by pbarach There are some people who find no difference between redbook cd and 2-channel SACD, and others who hear differences. But is there any credible authority who says that redbook is better than 2-channel SACD? Well, I suppose that depends on what...

Quote: Originally Posted by IceClass I don't really have any interest in multi-channel SACD listening but I'd like to find a sub $1000 SACD player that'll show me what SACD can do. I would suggest one of the Pioneers -- I think you'd hear the difference between CDs and SACD even...

I very much like the convenience of universal players that play CD, DVD, DVD-A, SACD, and for some forthcoming models, Blu-Ray disks. This is important given the sudden boom in releases of Blu-Ray opera, ballet, and orchestral concerts -- suggesting that these will be an important format in the...

So you want a switcher, right? I would not use a simple Y-cable for this -- it can lead to plenty of problems. I find Zektor switches to be outstanding, for your needs, the HDS4.1 should be adequate (although you may enjoy looking at their higher-end switches): Zektor A cheaper option...

Here are some interior photos of the P-1 that I found on a Japanese BBS. My apologies for the poor quality; I didn't take these photos:

One problem with Grace remote control IR codes is that many of them are the same as the default Slim Devices remote control codes. (I use a Slim Devices Transporter and an Esoteric DV-50S as my primary sources.) It is possible to address this by programming the alternative Slim Devices IR...

While I have not heard of anyone using the m904 for personal (non-studio) headphone listening, I would not think the idea was necessarily absurd -- for example, the m904 has many more inputs (3 rather than one balanced inputs, 2 rather than one AES digital inputs, external clock input, etc.) and...

I think that the limitations on SACD are entirely limitations based on marketing failures. Absence of widely used digital connections Sony, by insisting on draconian copy protection features, released SACDs without providing an appropriate way to get SACD signals out. SACD signals could...

Quote: Originally Posted by apatN 'but the way the sound registers on the ear over the course of a prolonged track varies between them.' What does that mean? It means that the filters sound different.