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Gear / Technical Help => Playback Forum => Topic started by: Teen Wolf Blitzer on January 18, 2010, 07:36:00 PM
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http://hd.engadget.com/2010/01/16/lexicon-busted-passing-oppo-off-as-a-3500-blu-ray-player/
If Lexicon is your favorite brand then here's a shocker, the company figured if it isn't broke, then don't fix it and grabbed an Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray player and encased it into a high end chassis and listed it for $3500.
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yep and big law suits are supposedly forth coming.
just goes to show ya that the price tag doesn't guaranty a better product.
they even now are pulling the THX certs even though they are on the face plate. the oppo didnt come with one.
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Yea, saw this yesterday while window shopping for a new HT pre-pro. wonder if I should add Lexicon to my list right below B & K of folks i won;t do business with.
Oppo is the only name on my list for a Bluray source, even before I read this.
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Yea, saw this yesterday while window shopping for a new HT pre-pro. wonder if I should add Lexicon to my list right below B & K of folks i won;t do business with.
Oppo is the only name on my list for a Bluray source, even before I read this.
Why B+K ?
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Why B+K ?
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Not perusing B&K anymore mainly because of the promises an under-delivering on the Ref 80 as well as the non-existent upgrade path which they claim to offer. I am sure the amps are solid but not really wanting to get into their pre-pro line.
Currently leaning toward the Onkyo pr-sc5507p.
Key Features I'm looking for
HDMI switching/upscaling, balanced outputs and auto room correction
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Not perusing B&K anymore mainly because of the promises an under-delivering on the Ref 80 as well as the non-existent upgrade path which they claim to offer.
I have an oooooold B&K ST-140 that's awesome. But I heard B&K got bought out later on and it went downhill. Still looks pretty good for the price point though, YMMV...
Terry
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Gene DellaSala at Audioholics re-tested the Lexicon unit for multi-channel performance, and found it actually underperforms the Oppo, because Oppo has released a number of firmware updates to address bass management issues, whereas Lexicon has not!
http://forums.audioholics.com/forums...4&postcount=81
All this combined with Lexicons reluctance to come clean on the issue doesnt look good for their future.
hope no one is trying to sell a used deck cuz the bottom just fell out of their resale values.
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That's very crooked. I hope it sinks the dishonest assholes.
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Gene DellaSala at Audioholics re-tested the Lexicon unit for multi-channel performance, and found it actually underperforms the Oppo, because Oppo has released a number of firmware updates to address bass management issues, whereas Lexicon has not!
http://forums.audioholics.com/forums...4&postcount=81
All this combined with Lexicons reluctance to come clean on the issue doesnt look good for their future.
hope no one is trying to sell a used deck cuz the bottom just fell out of their resale values.
I wonder if you could flash the Lexicon rebrand with an Oppo firmware though...
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Gene DellaSala at Audioholics re-tested the Lexicon unit for multi-channel performance, and found it actually underperforms the Oppo, because Oppo has released a number of firmware updates to address bass management issues, whereas Lexicon has not!
http://forums.audioholics.com/forums...4&postcount=81
All this combined with Lexicons reluctance to come clean on the issue doesnt look good for their future.
hope no one is trying to sell a used deck cuz the bottom just fell out of their resale values.
I wonder if you could flash the Lexicon rebrand with an Oppo firmware though...
I would assume the upgrade process does some sort of checksum verification. Most likely it would be different due to the Lexicon branding changes. I would assume one would need to modify the update process to account for the checksum change.
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Slightly off topic but the lexicon 284 3 watt class a tube guitar amp is one the best purchasing decisions i ever made.