sleeper budget redbook players....

Phillips DVD727. Under $100, shockingly good. Seriously.

NAD 521BEE, $250!

I might not be reading this right but, I thought the question was a redbook player.
For this i would consider the Cal Cl 15
Darn hard to beat at the price.

Cambridge Azur 640C,By far the biggest sleeper under $2500.
The Player is very smooth and Extended.

oops typo in the above. the cal was a shade "more" transparent, but the philips more involving.

thanks,

mike

give the nod to philips 963sa. wonderful player, it bettered a used dodson 217 mk1 ( original $2700 ) dac in my system and the sony 333,555, and 999

similar sonic signiture to the cal cl-20 ( the cal was shade less transparent but the philips was more involving imo.

hope that helps,

mike

Buy an inexpensive DVD player with digital out and get an ART DIO dac. A modified one for ~$300 will smoke anything in this price range

Second the Philips 963SA. Do the $30.00 blackgate mod to it and it gives $2000.00 players a run for the money.

Good luck,

Philips DV963SA, I bought mine new fro $370 shipped from J&R, tough to beat at that price, and it's a pretty good DVD player as well!