THX Caught With Pants Down Over Lexicon Blu-ray Player

SchlimpyChicken writes "Lexicon and THX apparently attempted to pull a fast one on the consumer electronics industry, but got caught this week when a couple websites exposed the fact that the high-end electronics company put a nearly-unmodified $500 Oppo Blu-ray player into a new Lexicon chassis and was selling it for $3500. AV Rant broke the story first on its home theater podcast with some pics of the two players' internals. Audioholics.com then posted a full suite of pics and tested the players with an Audio Precision analyzer. Both showed identical analogue audio performance and both failed a couple of basic THX specifications. Audioholics also posted commentary from THX on the matter and noted that both companies appear to be in a mad scramble to hide the fact that the player was ever deemed THX certified."

Comments

Re:Audio/Videophiles Beware

[mwvdlee]

No, no, that cable actually works and does improve your audio. The only problem with the Denon cable is that they've wasted money on pretty packaging. I, on the other hand, can sell you a similar audio-quality cable without the pretty packaging for just $450. For an additional $200 I'll spraypaint it in special audio-improving green. Remember; audiophiles are always right if they are rich.