Marantz UD9004 for a reference player?

I looked at this a year ago when I wanted to jump in to BluRay and looked at the D&M three. The Denon, marantz and Mcintosh 881. All I came away with is the video sems to reamin constant across the three. But the sound quality gets better with Marantz and then again with the McIntosh.
I would up buying the Anthem Statement D2V and a Sone ES1000 and keeping my Denon 5910ci for multi channel Sacd and DVD-A. I use the Ayre C5xe-mp for 2 channel. Some will say the Oppo is the best bang for buck but I never took an interest in them. However Ayre uses the Oppo as a basis for their new player.

Is there no one else with one or compared one.
I do thank you for your response Theo

Well I just picked up 7004 and must say the beefy 42lbs makes one feel as if the money spent(got a good deal)was well worth it.The setup was easy since i had a Mcintosh 871,denon 2910ci.the player is marvelous on Blueray but I have had zero hours for music.I will get time shortly.