Stereophile did a review of the SA-8001 in 2007 and said it bettered the venerable SA-15s1 and Benchmark Dac. Excelent construction with a wide deep soundstage and one of the best redbook players available, and fantastic with SACD discs. I have moved to a modded unit, take a look at my Ad mine is 5 months old. Exc Cond.