I will be auditioning this piece vs. the classe dvd1 (like you, particularly for CD quality) the weekend of june 9th. if you send me an email i'll probably remember to let you know then what i think. sorry i can't help you sooner. unless someone on this post tells me differently, it's down to those two (have heard great things about the camelot as well, though mostly for video) for what i'll buy as a source for both cd and dvd.