Anyone heard...?

[bigred7078]

jvenard,

sorry man, but your posts in this thread are pretty confusing...

[jlafrenz]

Apr 28, 2010 21:08:04 GMT -5 jvenard said:

Apr 28, 2010 7:02:35 GMT -5 ratmice said:

Still no clue what point you're trying to make. You originally say that comparing the USP to a Proceed pre is ridiculous because the price point/quality puts them in different categories. Then you go on to say that you got an Oppo because Lexicon just rebranded it. I know perfectly well the Audioholics article on the Lexicon. And I even agree that they are the same unit. So what research do I need to do? What would I learn that I don't already.

Moral: the faceplate means nothing. Your "arguments" support that conclusion.

p.s. you still haven't said why comparing the USP t the Proceed is ridiculous. And that was the original question. If your point is that Proceed costs so much more that there's no way it can sound as good, then I've got a nice $26,000 power cord I can point you to.

My point is, unless there are benchmarks that specs the Emotiva to be an identical to the Proceed, it is highly unlikely you are going to get the sound out of the emotiva that you will the Proceed. Also, SACD and DVD-A is very important to me. And I would guarantee that the Proceed will kick butt over most transports including Oppo/Lexicon or emotiva.
I still use a California Audio Labs CD transport for my CD player, I have not found a cd transport that will give me as good of sound. I run it through my Lex Burr Brown dac and its beyond comparison. I used a Denon DVD/SACD/DVD-A but bought the oppo purely for convienence and from the good reviews, but I have not done a A/B with standard CD's

I hope this will clear your confusion.

PS Years ago Lexicon used a Pioneer transport for its first DVD player, but of course with a $100 billet front

You do realize that Emotiva is a brand of a parent company that builds OEM for many other companies? Just because the specs are not exactly the same and the price is different does not mean the engineering or design isn't there. Many things built have been platforms for other products. They each get tweaked to the final sellers specifications. As well, Emoitva has been a brand where the parent company can do what they want in a design.