Why is it the Pioneer BDP-23fd gets no love, but the Oppo and PS3 get mad RESPECT!

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Originally Posted by edubb5

YES. YES and YES! I use to have a ONKYO 876 and sold it to get the SC-27 and before I sold my Onkyo. I checked out Black hawk down on Blu Ray with a 5.1 PCM track. And it sound great on my ONKYO! Now that I have the Pioneer SC-27 with the 23fd. The Pioneer sound better with the PQLS engaged. The sound is more crisp and powerful. I LOVE THE 23fd Player And I work for Best buy, so I go threw Blu ray players all the time. And the 23fd is the best....

I'd rather hear about comparisons b/w the SC-27 with PQLS OFF vs ON rather than the SC-27 against your previous Onkyo 876. Comparing jitter b/w two different AVR's w/completely different signal paths, DSP, DAC's, etc. is meaningless.

Edit: If you work at BB, then the Denon A1UDCI is probably a special order for you and not available in the store. The Denon's version of PQLS (DenonLink4) could probably give the Pioneers a run for their money with a compatible DL4 AVR. The employee discount on the A1UDCI must be tremendous.