Esoteric DV-60

Sorry guys I have to apologize. DV-60 was used on wrong polarity. Problem is fixed and DV-60 is now as good as DV-50 S on CD/SACD and better on DVD.

Frank, how was the UX-3 SE on video and audio compared to the others?

I didn´t spent to much time comparing the video capabilities. In short: DV-60 is def. better than DV-50 S on video. DVD-A was better with UX-3 SE - although I just compared two DVD-A´s (Kraftwerk and Michael Jackson).

What exactly is "wrong polarity" and how did you figure out this was a problem. You have done a total 180 in your comparisons? I am a little confused, please elaborate?

I had a Sansui 9090db reciever that was purchased in 1975 and I estimated that it has close to 20,000 hours on it and a lot of those hours were run hard at parties with basic cables. My brother bought it first then I bought it from him and then gave it back to him. I think my 2 year old son will end up with it someday. The unit works great today. A well built cdp will last a long long time. I would not worry about wearing it out or anything else in a system that has descent build quality. Speakers on the other hand can take more of a beating and drivers will need to be replaced probably more quickly than a good player will need to be replaced. Putting 500 hours on a system to break it in is just puppies piss.