I have been a big ONE box guy for years now, but Do not trap yourself, seriously, a Good DAC with several Digital inputs to handle all the new Storage devices and transports will by far be a better value, and in 2006 sound better with the advancements, yes you gotta buy a cable or two, but would you rather be stuck playing a Standard CD and have no choice. I suggest you Seriously look at this thread and many others that have sprouted over this issue in the last few months.. By the way I dumped a 6000.00 CD player for seperates and found it far more satisfying and versitile, and If I prefer can hook any digital output to it, and sell any one piece I decide too as well to replace, but still have a perfectly fine sounding DAC that will not go out of style like several that get outdated one week after release. 2 Links
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1139715855&openmine&zzMatrix&4&5#Matrix
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1139939140&openmine&zzMatrix&4&5#Matrix
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1139715855&openmine&zzMatrix&4&5#Matrix
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1139939140&openmine&zzMatrix&4&5#Matrix