Teac Esoteric DV-50 Review

Summary

With the introduction of SACD and DVD-A, audiophiles simultaneously began to anticipate the improvement in sound the two high-rez formats could bring and lament the fact that they may need more than one player to spin the two formats and their existing CDs. Enter the universal audio/video player, a new component that acts like a Swiss Army knife, playing any disc you throw at it, including DVD videos. Many such players have been announced, but for whatever reason, a number of them have been delayed. Add to this the fact that in some early players DSD was converted to PCM and the momentum the two high-rez formats could have due to an all-in-one player has been slowed — again.