Anyone have their Audio Aero Capitole MKII yet?

More impressions :

definitely a special player.....there is that odd wow effect with the MKII..in fact Im saying it more often!!

Unfortunatly I NNED to go via a ML380S Pre due to my integration of a HT setup....however, I made a big mistake.. I listened to it without the Levinson 380S .. DOH !!!

There is a difference.. I think I found the sweet spot when hooked up to the 380S...but its still not the same when direct connect to the amps.

Difference..without the 380S
noise floor is better
Soundstage is better ...much
better image
bass is better
less pinpoint focus .. Levinson is very pinpoint in imaging

Not that the 380S corrupts the MKII but it does diminish the ambience and "fee" of the music.. I have yet to hear any issue with the full volume of the MKII (+5v) going into my ML380S. what am I supposed to hear.. distortion? clipping ?? I hear clean sound so far ..

Overall, amazing bass and woody sound..

I put on a live recording and there is like a mini 1-2ms audio drop cut over between tracks ???? .. this is not normal.. its an audio drop.. again only between track and usualy not a problem except during a live recording ...hummm...

all the best
Matt

my setup is at http://members.rogers.com/mzn50/

My AA Mk II just died on me :(

It started by the tray not knowing when the door was opened or not, meaning i couldnt read the TOC of new CDs, which meant i was basically *%!# ! I then fiddled with the tray and managed to solve this. Don't know why but it worked for 30mins, and then the electectronics went berserk. It now cycles between Init CD, No disc, Init CD, Reading and stopping, then starting up again with the Init etc... indefinitely. Ive restarted the machine several times, but it is definitely warped.

So its going back to the dealer tomorrow. Hope he can give me a new one, or fix this quickly, cause listening to my marantz today just wasnt quite the same thing :\

I am loosing patience and confidence in this player, who helped them design it Lucas(aka the prince of darkness)?? If I ever get mine and it starts acting weird like some of yours I am going to go postal. ~Tim

Just talked to the manufacturer. Apparently there has been a rather important software update to the reading of the TOC and the transport / DAC interface in general. You can tell which version you have when the player reads the CD : if it says "Reading CD TOC", then you have the earlier version. The latest version just says "Reading CD". So if you are experiencing the problem i have had (which is a known problem) or some other glitches, then just bring the unit to your dealer and he will do the software update.

Cheers

I have been following this thread with great interest . It seems in audio that the next upgrade is all ways suppose to be better , it certainly is more expensive is it not? For almost $9000.00 I would expect this player to have no problems but from the feedback this is not apparently true. They delayed this player because they were having problems at the factory now they are having known problems in the field.Playing following the leader can get you into trouble sometimes, the Audio Aero MK1 was a well respected player I hope for everybodys sake who bought the MK2 everything turns out okay. The question is, is the Mk2 really that much better than the Mk1 for the price differance and the reliability factor? I was thinking of buying a Audio Aero player but the delay was to long I am happy with the EMC-1