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How did you use the Panasonic?

Everyone feels that digital in sounds better than analog in...less conversions. Also what transport you use and what digital cable you use can make a huge difference. My friend Mark at Zcable says that unless you have one of his ZSleeves on a super digital cable you have not heard the Panasonic.....Also he says the more line conditioning you use on a digital amp the better....ie, you need a super line conditioner and super power cord with Zsleeves to lower the noise to where you can really hear what it does....of course, all the money on the line conditioning/digital cables, etc. takes it to another different price point.....anyway....I am always interested in what something is capable of, not just what an ordinary implementation can do. I am not suggesting that even if you used the best transport, isolation, digital cable, line conditioning, ZSleeves, etc. that the Panasonic would be the best thing in the world...but remember....you are comparing a $300 thing versus a $1600 amp versus whatever the BC28 costs.....so....What if you did all those things to the Panasonic: tweaked transport/digital cabling/line conditioning/ZSleevers and brought it into the same price range as the other components....then which one would be better? I don't see how anyone can expect a stock $300 Panasonic to beat multithousand $ units. The guy at Boulder Cables is working up some mods on the Panasonic and from what he has posted on his Audio Circle forum the Panasonic with a few hundred dollars worth of mods sounds much much better. So, are we just going to use this thing in ordinary ways or are we going to tweak it and use the best transport, cabling, line conditioning and mods to it that we can? Its up to you. Be conservative or experiment. A better transport will work better with any DAC, better line conditioning will make all things sound better, better power cords will improve all gear and ZSleeves seem to be fairly universally favored and well as better digital cables....anotherwords....even if you did all these things....you don't have to keep the Panasonic...these things will help your system no matter....anyway....I just want to see someone take it to the max....petal to the metal. Trouble is, most people who have lots of money in their system, who can afford lots of ZSleeves, the BPT 3.5 signature, great transport, etc. would not think a $300 PANASONIC would be worthy in their system. I am sure someone will take the Panasonic all the way out and see what it can really do....Will it be you?

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