I am currently using my Arcam DV27A DVD (purely for DVD payback) which is vastly superior to my PS3 for both sound and standard DVD picture quality (except for Bluray of course where the PS3 is excellent).
I now wish to purchase a bluray player which would replace both the DV27A and PS3 and am considering the Pioneer BDP 51FD or better (to partner with my Arcam AVR300). Is this gong to be as good or better than my PS3 and DV27A or do I need to increase my budget? Is there really a noticable difference on Bluray playback re PS3 verses a later model such as the Pioneer.
Equipment consist of Acam AVR 300, Arcam DV 27A, Spendor S3E (bi-wired) front/centre and Mission rear...all linked via atlas hyper 2 speaker cable/Chord HDMI. My hi-fi set up is a Cyrus CD8X connected via Chord chamelian silver plus using a Sugden Bijiou Headmaster as a pre-amp to my AVR 300
I now wish to purchase a bluray player which would replace both the DV27A and PS3 and am considering the Pioneer BDP 51FD or better (to partner with my Arcam AVR300). Is this gong to be as good or better than my PS3 and DV27A or do I need to increase my budget? Is there really a noticable difference on Bluray playback re PS3 verses a later model such as the Pioneer.
Equipment consist of Acam AVR 300, Arcam DV 27A, Spendor S3E (bi-wired) front/centre and Mission rear...all linked via atlas hyper 2 speaker cable/Chord HDMI. My hi-fi set up is a Cyrus CD8X connected via Chord chamelian silver plus using a Sugden Bijiou Headmaster as a pre-amp to my AVR 300