Craig:
I have the Music Hall and I am very happy with it. It was an upgrade from a SONY XA1ES player. I find that it picks up details that I did not hear before and is pretty musical sounding. I find that it is not fussy with the electronics that it is paired with. It took about 50 hours or so to burn in. As another option, J&R Music (www.jandr.com) has the SONY 555 SACD ES changer (list $1700) for $600.
I have the Music Hall and I am very happy with it. It was an upgrade from a SONY XA1ES player. I find that it picks up details that I did not hear before and is pretty musical sounding. I find that it is not fussy with the electronics that it is paired with. It took about 50 hours or so to burn in. As another option, J&R Music (www.jandr.com) has the SONY 555 SACD ES changer (list $1700) for $600.