Would be grateful for some more comments on the upsampling performance. The previous comments on what types of music was especially helpful! Oh Yeah the NOS tubes too. I have a tube pre/Headphone amp.
I have been considering the DV-50 vs the X-30(Redbook only but with New VRDS). The X-30 does have RDOT but not the FIR. X-30 costs about $2K vs the $3.5k Tokyo street price of the DV-50. While the SACD is nice, DVD-A(ho-hum not that interested but if bundled with a great player what the heck). Video-very Unnecessary. Thus interest in X-30 save some $ for cables, other equip/SW or future upgrade, do not pay for features I do not need/want.
The DV-50 appears to be slightly better value given features, but for me not really a strong desire. I only own two SACDs(for listening tests). I am buying vinyl instead for new music and/or upgrading my redbook SW. Desire to wait another year or so b4 delving into SACD/DVD-A.
Of course my ears matter most. I am trying to do some A/Bs but takes time and hard to draw a conclusion in mini-sessions. Both sound great. The FIR does seem to jazz things up a little more with RDOT, but hard to decide if the sound is preferred, dif, though nice option to have.
The X-30 with new VRDS should not have the hidden jitter issue of the DV-50*I say hidden since I can NOT notice. Only read about it being detected while testing with an analyzer.
There is unlikely to be an X-30 or even X-50wVU(uses Wadia DAC). But guessing the DV-50 is as close as will get and some of the comments on cables, etc... may be useful.
