Best Sounding Universal Disc Player under $2000?


Hi Everyone,
I was just wanting opinions from people who have heard, compared, or owned several universal disc players for $2,000 or less brand new:
1. Which has the overall highest quality red-book cd performance?
2. Which has the overall best SACD performance?
3. Which has the overall best DVD-Audio performance?
4. Which has the best overall performance on all the formats together as a whole?
5. Is the red-book and SACD performance on the unit you named above as good as the top Sonys?
Thanks alot.
daltonlanny

Showing 1 response by douglas_schroeder

Greetings,
Just a quick thought; I did tons of research on this very thing, with an eye toward sound quality as much as anything in a unviersal, yet affordable player. In the end, due to the changing landscape of unestablished standards (i.e. SACD vs. DVD audio) I chose to spend moderately and wait for the outcome.

I ended up getting a Denon DVD 2900 online, and refurbished. 90 day warranty from Denon. But, saved $300 over the new price. I'm elated with it! Sound is good, especially in SACD. Haven't tried DVD audio yet. But, I do have dedicated two channel listening system too.

If $600 sounds good to you; you can't go wrong with the refurb Denon DVD2900

Enjoy!