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.
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.
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.
Quote from: fozzy on January 18, 2010, 07:57:19 PM
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 ?
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
Quote from: fozzy on January 18, 2010, 10:38:17 PM
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
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.
That's very crooked. I hope it sinks the dishonest assholes.
Quote from: Jimna on January 19, 2010, 09:33:24 AM
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...
Quote from: jhirte on January 20, 2010, 07:58:54 AM
Quote from: Jimna on January 19, 2010, 09:33:24 AM
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.
Slightly off topic but the lexicon 284 3 watt class a tube guitar amp is one the best purchasing decisions i ever made.