data reduction...the symptoms...become apparent...in the form of vague stereo imaging, noise modulation, a harshness to the sound, aliasing and increased background (quantising) noise. [sound on sound, ltd. 1998]
these effects become drastically more apparent after 2 or 3 generations of processing and clipping from the necessary brick wall limiting is also a problem, so soundhound, as usual, you are correct. as to whether or not it's acceptable, we disagree.
and...neither meridian nor theta, nor anyone can reverse these flaws in format.

davis s: i have had the sony dvp ns900v for about a year now and am very happy with it's performance. i'm not familiar with the latest and greatest sony players. i only know that the model i have is selling for around $500 these days. i have just started researching dvd-a players and also would like to hear input from others. i read awhile back about some fella who builds a switcher to connect both players and sells them online...anyone remember? i'll post what i find, for sure.