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Jim, I think you'll find setting up any kind of accurate jitter measurement apparatus and methodology will be a lot harder than it sounds. Unless you have $30,000 lying around for an AP-2722. John Atkinson neatly summarized the state of play earlier this year in Stereophile here. And here's a bit from Charles Hansen about interpreting the numbers produced by the tests commonly in use. And then there's this, which I've read several times and only succeeded in consistently making my head hurt. AES: Specifying The Jitter Performance Of Audio Components. Godspeed!

Oh come on! What are these things made out of, balsa?

Given that Ayre are in the process of rebadging -- OK, and (more-than) somewhat re-engineering -- the Oppo BDP-83 to sell for $8K-$10K, I suspect they are familiar with the capabilities of the platform. Basically the Oppo video section, C-5xe and QB-9 all in one box.

I wouldn't count your chickens etc. etc. But I think it is possible, as they are currently in the process of finalizing a new receiver board to add 24/192 capability and really might as well go for the twofer if they are going to push out an upgrade. Fingers crossed, eh?

This I would be interested in hearing about.

He wouldn't keep it long enough to make it worthwhile.

Officially, I don't go for burn-in. But I did think the QB-9 was borderline bright out of the box and I don't any more. By the way, a little tidbit from Charles Hansen that might perk a few ears up around here. He was addressing a question about whether they would consider upgrading their existing C-5xe player with USB input.

The problem is we don't know either you or your preferences yet and so far you've come off as alternately clueless and supercilious, which isn't a combo that's particularly sought-after here.

I could send you the Aragon for a PCM63 party with the Parasound.

Genesis -- The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Jitter measurements are a can of worms inside an even bigger can of worms. There was a thread on AA that had some good manufacturer anecdotes before it went South and devolved into an asynchronous/adaptive pissing match. I'll dig up the link when I get home.

Can we please ban VD_Dildo already?

Squeeze -- Eastside Story

Nevertheless, it does resolve!

Ween -- The Pod

Bill & Ted Death FTW! Aah! Best tree out off five!

Indeed.

Or just casually bite the head off a baby seal.

One might argue the Goldpoint text is champagne-y. But I shall not.

I like silver with (tasteful) gold accents. EAR, Ayre, here hare! LEDs, though, must be blue. Only.

Dew eet. Yello -- Touch Yello Knows a miniature bandwagon when he sees one. It's loungier than I expected, Dusty.

But still not as good as genuine whale foreskin.

I think you and I are pretty much the entire Yello faction on HC, Dusty. The Flaming Lips -- The Soft Bulletin

The Ayre only makes sense if you only use a computer as a source. So don't torture yourself. Plus, isn't it about time for you to move on up to the $3K price point?

Chris Connaker's review is out. I think he cops out a bit by not really articulating the Alpha DAC/dCS comparisons, but I understand why.