Sony SCD-XA5400ES Expert Reviews

Overall the Sony SCD-XA5400ES is a sophisticated and promising package

Better than the previous high-end Sony SACD, the XA9000ES ; Incumbent in more ways than one ; Nice price

Not MP3 compliant ; Only access to multichannel operation is via an external HDMI equipped multichannel D/A converter

Even with HATS, the HDMI output is still compatible with the HDMI inputs on other equipment. But full-on DSD with HATS requires a compatible receiver/decoder, such as is fitted to the Sony STR-DA5400ES. The lower-end Sony STR-DA2400 decimates DSD to ...

The ancestor of the CD format has many serious high-end CD players on his conscience. Many of them were in their time among the best you could play CDs, but far from the most expensive. Aller gjevest was Sony's solid and expensive ES-players, who in r...

Sony's latest ES-play is unique not only because of the audio transmission through HDMI, but because it brings high-end down in a price range where we are not spoiled with such a high quality audio in two channels. Sony player also deserves better amp...