All i know is 16/44.1 data is "upconverted" to twice the dsd sampling rate as opposed to the usual pcm upsampling. Analog stage uses all discrete devices and there's supposed to be only 1 gain stage from from the d/a stage to the analog outputs. I also read somewhere that it uses the highest model of the TEAC VOSP drive, which is a notch below the VRDS transport used in the more expensive Esoteric units.
Jack, AVDI claims to have sold 3 or 4 units na daw. Does your transport use the VRDS transport?
My Emms? No the Philips I think that keeps on crapping out on me. The EERA uses their own transport called the Gyropoint. All the OEM tray does is bring the disc in then the disc is picked up by the mechanism and clamped to a carbide ball thingy. Rather Rube Goldberg-esque but it works.