Toshiba Universal player now available!

[KenW]

Toshiba Univeral player now available through J & R.

http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.proc...ductTabDetails

 

[acs236]

New Yorkers: Pick one up and let us know how it is!

 

[lan]

The single disc player is still in PRE-ORDER status it seems.

 

[raif]

what is the model number on the single disc player?

 

[tanfenton]

I picked up the new universal changer, the SD-6915, last week at Best Buy. What a let down it has proven to be. It uses the same Furore 2 chip for SACD decoding as the Philips 963SA does for those who care. Anyone want pictures of the inside?

NGF

 

[rsaavedra]

Quote:

Originally Posted by tanfenton Anyone want pictures of the inside?

Yes please, maybe we can get an idea how moddable it might be.

 

[ampgalore]

Quote:

Originally Posted by tanfenton I picked up the new universal changer, the SD-6915, last week at Best Buy. What a let down it has proven to be. It uses the same Furore 2 chip for SACD decoding as the Philips 963SA does for those who care. Anyone want pictures of the inside? NGF

So does this mean SACD will sound good or bad on these 2 players?

 

[Glassman]

Quote:

Originally Posted by tanfenton Anyone want pictures of the inside?

me too please!

 

[lan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by raif what is the model number on the single disc player?

I think its this one SD4960

http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.proc...F+Audio+Player

 

[acs236]

A let down? In what way?

Quote:

Originally Posted by tanfenton I picked up the new universal changer, the SD-6915, last week at Best Buy. What a let down it has proven to be. It uses the same Furore 2 chip for SACD decoding as the Philips 963SA does for those who care. Anyone want pictures of the inside? NGF

 

[tanfenton]

Before it ripped my ears off, I knew it was an operational nightmare. The buttons along the front of the player only control the basic drawer operations, play/pause, and stop. All other functions are assigned to the remote, some of which won't work unless the unit has a companion TV. The machine responds slower to direct commands than any CD player I have ever used, while playing a disc taking around twenty seconds to cue the next tray and another ten or so seconds to read that disc's TOC. For high-res media the wait is longer still. The fact that it rotates the carousel counterclockwise baffles me.

The sound is just average, no better than my M-Audio Revo, and possibly worse where redbook is concerned. I hear grain up the yazoo as if the noise floor of the recording were heightened. Time smear is significant, and as a result, spatial detail is indistinct. The picture is generally bland and glossy. I've never heard the 3950 or 3960. I hope they're nothing like the sonic horror I bought.

NGF

 

[acs236]

Thanks for the impressions. That doesn't seem any good at all. I'll try to get to Bestbuy and check one out, if they have them around me.

 

[raif]

i went to best buy to see if they had one of these players.(thanks ian for the model numbers)

I saw instead a universal samsung player the 841/941(not sure which).

I wonder if that will be any good? Looked a lot more sturdy than the toshiba players.