It's not as simple as that for a lot of reasons.

1) Most of the reviews I read on the 47a gave it good marks for everything. The Perfect Vision was the notable exception. (HTM, S&V, SGHT, and there was some web reviews I dug up too. Lee Scoggins had a thread on HTF concerning this.)

2) The 47A has a Sony chip in it for SACD/DSD decoding. That's why I thought it was ironic that this player got picked on for its SACD performance.