Hi Chris,
I agree...those Pioneer models are really tough to beat for the price. The have good Burr/Brown DAC chips in them...they're some of the few players that pass a true 24/96 signal...they have put out great pictures...and like Charlie mentioned above, you can have Stan Warren (or several others) modify it for $250-ish and make it into player that competes in the $1000 and under range as far as audio goes. Those are some pretty great selling points.
I agree...those Pioneer models are really tough to beat for the price. The have good Burr/Brown DAC chips in them...they're some of the few players that pass a true 24/96 signal...they have put out great pictures...and like Charlie mentioned above, you can have Stan Warren (or several others) modify it for $250-ish and make it into player that competes in the $1000 and under range as far as audio goes. Those are some pretty great selling points.