In his review of the Oppo 970HD universal player Wes Phillips decoded the Oppo's coax TOSLINK signal with a Slim Devices Transporter when he was playing SACDs, claiming the audio was on par with his Ayre transport. What's up with that? I thought SACD players don't output digital signals.

I just purchased a new Pioneer Elite PD D6-J, anyone heard of it? Well, I bought it to update my PD-65 and also have SACD capabilities. What I didn't notice or bother to check out in the store was the amount of mechanical noise coming from the player. I guess I've been spoiled for 17 years with the DEAD SILENT play of the PD-65. How can you have 17 years of development and advances and come out with a player that makes so much noise? Can't you incorporate techniques learned almost 20 years ago to make a better product?

I purchased some Grado SR60s over the summer. Around September, I started hearing a little buzz in the right channel whenever there was some heavy bass. Now the buzz has gotten more severe. Whats going on? How do I fix this?

I would love some advice from the experts here on the following - it is time to upgrade my current system (B&W CDM1 speakers, Luxman A383 reference amp, Luxman CD player) as my CD player is at then end of its life. I have a preference to go to a fully digital system and have read some of the reviews on this website around the Sonos and alternative systems. I really like the operational flexibility of the Sonos system and was wondering wheter that box is good enough to drive a decent DAC, which I could feed into my current amp+speakers.

Hi All, joined today having been sent to various threads as I researched USB DACs over the last few days. I've not been lazy and have spent a lot of time going through threads on this and similar forums but have not been able to find clear answers to some questions. So I have decided to try asking for specific advise on a new thread.

The recently posted AWSI, "The Blind, the Double Blind, and the Not-So Blind" (Aug, 94, J. Atkinson) contains footnotes that reference other Stereophile atricles; e.g. Footnote 1: Stereophile, Vol.14 No.12, December 1991, pp.70