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Transports - look at Mark Levinson (used),Muse (used), or Oppo BD83SE (new). Not too sure about the Oppo's ditial out circuit - but it can do the Bluray thing when you are not using it as a transport. This gives you a component that can do more than one thing.
As far as DAC's go - the Benchmark has set the bar for performance unless you have more tha $5K to spend. If so, look at Weiss.
Transports - look at Mark Levinson (used),Muse (used), or Oppo BD83SE (new). Not too sure about the Oppo's ditial out circuit - but it can do the Bluray thing when you are not using it as a transport. This gives you a component that can do more than one thing.
As far as DAC's go - the Benchmark has set the bar for performance unless you have more tha $5K to spend. If so, look at Weiss.