mooglie

Responses from mooglie

Blu Ray Player
The PQ on the JVC is excellent. What I really like about this player is disk compatibility and speed of operation. Many players have problems loading disks, and are very slow in operation. Not the JVC. I use my JVC to feed a CIA VDA2 DAC via coax.... 
Blu Ray Player
The JVC XV-BP1 has a blue bar and blue back-lit buttons. A bit of "bling", but I can live with it for the performance of the unit. Page 36 of the owners manual (on-line) describes the audio outputs for each connection. To get the HD codecs I suspe... 
Blu Ray Player
For under $250, I really like the new JVC XV-BP1. It doesn't do SACD or DVD-Audio, but it's very fast and plays everything I've thrown at it. It handles the codecs that you mention via HDMI to your receiver. AVS Forum is a good site to get info on... 
Stereovox XV2 vs Zu Audio Ash MK II
I've had both in my system for extended periods. The Stereovox is more transparent. The Zu is warmer, with fuller bass, and a broader soundstage. I'm now trying an LAT DI-30 and prefer it to both the Zu and the Stereovox.