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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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richardfinegold
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I thought that Marantz and Denon both still made Universal Players, playing DVD-A, SACD, Blu Ray, CD, and virtually every format.
I play may DVD-A on the same Denon that you have, and in my two channel system I use a NAD Universal player that feeds a DAC. Not sure if the NAD is still around.
richardfinegold
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Just checked Audio Advisor. My NAD T-535 Universal Player still available for about $350. At that price, and given your budget you could could by half a dozen and a good DAC to feed them into.
richardfinegold
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Michael--why not get one of the releatively inexpensive Universal Players, such as the NAD that I mentioned, or the Oppos (range $400-1200), that play DVD-A?
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