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DVD-A player - while they still exist

My Denon 2910 is on its last legs. It no longer plays SACDs or CDs. I fear it won't play DVD-As much longer. I also fear DVD-A players will disappear from the market. I only know of two still around - the Ayre universal and the Oppo 95. Even Meridian seems to have given up on the format.
I only have a few DVD-As, but they're important to me. I don't want to lose the ability to listen to them.
So I'm wondering if I should buy a good player while I still can. Maybe one of the last Meridians, used? Or a new Oppo? I'd have to keep it under $4,000, preferably way under $4,000, unless it was also the best CD player I had ever heard.
Any suggestions?
achilles

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herman
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You can rip the audio from a DVD-A and play it back on a computer based sever and a DAC if you have to. Better yet, I would suggest you explore that now since you need a new player.

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herman
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Surely this will lead to premature hard drive failure. And the loss of all that music

Your fears are unfounded. Your hard drive is being accessed constantly anyway and that is how it is designed to be used. If it does fail, and yes, eventually they all fail, you simply restore the files from one of your back up copies.

You do keep back up copies don't you?

2 Terabyte external drives now cost less than $100. It is foolish not to have a couple with complete backup copies of your files.

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