Goldmund enters universal Blu-ray player space in typically gaudy fashion
By Steven Kim 
posted Aug 30th 2009 10:31PM
posted Aug 30th 2009 10:31PM
You knew it was only a matter of time before Goldmund jumped in on the Blu-ray bandwagon, and the result as just as ridiculous as you'd expect. The new Eidos Reference Blue -- yes, it's spelled with an "e" -- is a universal Blu-ray playback system that puts heavy (literally) emphasis on damping down all vibrations. Didn't you know that much like the needle on the old Edison cylinders you're still clinging to, those digital bits just hate to be shaken around? Well, the 180-pound Eidos Reference Blue will put a stop to that nonsense. High end decks from mere mortal companies have nothing on this player that must have been woven by especially dexterous unicorn hooves -- it's so exclusive that the 50 produced units will only be offered to Goldmund subscribers; if you haven't heard of said club, you won't be getting one. We all know the first rule of Goldmund club, right?
I guess it's good that they have their exclusive group of suckers.
Anyone who says this is a waste of money just doesn't understand that if you make a Blu-ray player expensive enough, it will show you the REAL movie; where films like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull or Transformers 2 no longer suck! It's only because of the micro-vibrations that all reasonably-priced players suffer from that those movies seem like ass to the rest of us.
Yes, it's like a veil has been lifted from the front of your screen. Not only that, the actresses dresses are more transparent, teeth are whiter, farts are fartier, yada yada.
what about silvermund club?no pork either ?
RCA connectors instead of BNC? Shoddy specs.
I am pretty sure I saw this on an episode of Dr. Who....I think it was used to navigate the Tardis.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (breath) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
This looks like the perfect pairing for a set of $8,000 per ten-foot pair speaker wires.
All the money paid for this thing and it still won't let you just hit play and watch the movie without sitting through 15 minutes of extra advertisements, trailers, menus and crap...
The sad part is that inside its gaudy and massive exterior, there probably lies a board which is derived from the same SoCs as most other players. Clearly some people have more money than sense.
Indeed, indeed.
At least Lexicon went with the guts of an Oppo BDP-83 for their ridiculously over-priced player. The Lexicon is a stupidly high price, but at least you're actually getting a darn good player inside!
Who knows what's inside of this Goldmund, but it doesn't support DVD-Audio or SACD, so I'm guessing it's not the Oppo.
Those with the gold make the rules?
Goldmund - The Bose Wave radio wants its case back.