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Pioneer Elite DV-47A

Has anyone had any experience with this machine? Is this thing a "jack of all trades, master of none", or does it really do everything well? I'm looking to get into SACD, but also wouldn't mind upgrading the current entry-level Toshiba DVD player, maybe pulling the old Pioneer Elite CD player/PS Audio converter out - yes, space and the WAF are unfortunate considerations here.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Jim
jwilt
inscrutable
233 posts
 
The only reasonably-priced universal format player in town right now. Doesn't have the build quality of the 38A. Also, the Pioneers are afflicted with the chroma bug - you may or may not see it. Very irritating if you do, blissful ignorance (in the best sense of the word) if you don't.
unsound
6,115 posts
 
No HDCD.
esun
32 posts
 
Dan Wright of Modwright,LLC (www.modwright.com) will be offering a series of modifications to improve the DV-47a both as a transport and as a stand alone SACD/ DVD-A player. The DV-47a plays SACDs in their native PWM format without converting to PCM. As of this time, there are no external SACD (PWM) D/A converters. I believe, though I am not sure, that to play multi channel SACD, the unit outputs a converted PCM signal which can be fed to a multi channel processor.
jwilt OP
45 posts
 
It will be fed into a B&K AVR305. I will have to sniff around and see how good a fit these two components would be - I must admit most of my knowledge is two-channel, so the learning curve may be a bit steep...
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