DVD player with excellent CD quality

I am merely talking about the Denon reliabitlty. They do sound ok, but why spend the money on something that doesn't offer you top notch build quality when you are spending top notch money. I agree, read the reviews and you'll see what I mean (5000 especially).

Also check out Ayre's D-1. I didn't watch any movies with it, but listened to several CDs and a couple 24/96 DVDs. The 24/96 DVDs were astounding. Unfortunately, the entire system was new to me, not just a drop-in replacement into a system I was already familiar with -- but it sounded great. The whole system was the Ayre D1 DVD, K-1 pre, and a modified V-1 amp (an Ayre experiment to increase the capacatance in the V1 power supply), with Vandersteen speakers (can't remember the model number). Look at www.ayre.com/products/d1info.htm for more info on the DVD player.

Make sure you audition the California Audio Labs CAL-20. There are a few better CD players and/or transport/dac combos in the world...if bucks are not a problem and you wouln't mind shelling out about $8000+ of them. There are no better DVD players, that I know of, at any price. It's a pretty complete package for the money.

try the meridian 586. It smokes almost any cd player under 4 grand.

Like Carl, I also have the Panasonic A-310 that sounds pretty good even up against my Linn player. The A-310 does have a bad quality control record though. Luckily, no problems for me yet.