Having an older Denon 2930CI and an inexpensive Pana Blue Ray player, I am looking to consolidate to one universal player that provides audio quality better than my 4 year old Denon and provides me an excellent Blu image on my Sony Bravia HDTV.

Read fairly good reviews regarding the Oppo 83SE and have also spoke to a salesman regarding the upcoming Denon 2011.

The basic question I have is whether the universal player is a good audio/video solution or a compromise over discrete components when used with my existing Rotel 1560 AVR and Paradigm Studio 60/CC590 v5 speakers.

In my "Recording of the Month" review of the new Jeff Beck album, I wrote that the aria "Nessun Dorma" was from Puccini's opera Tosca. It is, of course, from another Puccini opera, Turandot. Which I knew, both operas being favorites and both of which I have seen live several times.

Rats! No-one sleeps? We were _all_ sleeping!

But Beck plays the heck out of it!

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile

Hello All,

Sorry about the title. I couldn't think of a better way to put it, or any other place to take the question.

The question I'm posing came up while a friend and I were talking analogies, and I said you could look at a nuclear bomb as a way of very, very quickly creating a lot of information about atoms.

Which got us to thinking: strictly from an information theory point of view, does a bomb create or destroy information?

Wonderful program on Swedish television the other day about Alison Balsom. Definitely one for Elk et al.

Enjoy!

Spring cleaning. I have 5 of these supplements in perfect shape. If anyone is interested, they can be had for free if you pick them up in Manhattan, NY.

Kal

That's it. Spring cleaning and this must go. It stopped working a while back and a battery change did not help. Bought a replacement.

In original box with manual and extra button caps.

Kal