Once I had ML 39. A nice and expensive cd player. I friend of mine brought over his Oppo. There was difference between the two. According to my friend small. I heard a bit more, and I thought the difference is enough me to keep the ML. Still, the price differential is not in line with the price differential. End of the story: your financial situation, and the consequent psychological processes shape so much your evaluation what you consider small or big difference, and what you think worth to pay for it that it is impossible to have a "realistic" opinion whether a cheapo thing is good enough to replace a rather expensive thing.
