I bought my first TP in Feb 2007. I was very impressed. It was good enough for me to retire my Modified Pioneer PD-91 to the bottom shelf and let the kids play Barney music on it. The background was deathly quiet and the player dynamic and engaging...it had some life to it. Unfortunately the TP went blank after a few months and would not power up.
I sent it back to Slimdevices and they quickly sent me a new TP with a new power supply that they said was more reliable. This new TP worked very nicely but it lacked dynamics and was not engaging. The music was just dead. It had clarity but no life no punch. I was disappointed. Even my wife commented that the PD-91 sounded better then the new TP. The fact that my wife could tell any difference was astonishing. This TP also died a few months later but for other unrelated reasons. In fact it turned out to be the fault of my ISP, the TP was unable to establish its web address and would shut down. I interpreted the TP shut down as another failure and sent it back to Slimdevices. They were kind enough to send me another TP, though this one was a factory refurb, on account of the fact that there was nothing wrong with the one I just sent back. This refurbed TP has the newer powersupply and I was told that that is the only change from the early TP that I had back in Feb. Unfortunately this TP sounds dead also. I feel like I am playing elevator music in my house all the time. While it sounds decent there is nothing dynamic going on and it is not engaging. I still love the concept of networked music and I got extra points from my wife for getting 600 cd's out of our living room, I just want it to sound engaging enough to keep me listening. Also I noticed that some of the early TP reviews were better then the newer reviews. I would like to see Stereophile revisit the TP that they are selling now to see if they can hear it too. Has anyone else experienced the difference between the old TP and the new TP? -- sjparsons ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sjparsons's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13663 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39577 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
