Blue-ray player with good 2ch sound?

2nd amendment. I hadn't noticed until I played Jazz at the Pawnshop that the disc itself offers both surround and stereo versions. It's a newly discovered toy.

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I have recently discovered at a friend's house that many surround SACDs have more information when played back in surround than in stereo. One such disc is the excellent Up by Peter Gabriel and another is Heathen by David Bowie. It makes me want to set up a surround system myself even though I've never really cared much for it.

Thanks for the info guys.

I'll have to look at the PS3, honestly didn't know anythign about it doing sacd or decent blue ray.

Been a fan of denon didn't even know they had a blue ray out yet.

Any one know a site whit info on the new Panasonic Blu Ray player that Vaughn3d mentioned.

Best bet currently is the Marantz BD8002; essentially the same as the Denon 3808bdci but with improved isolation and power supply.

I must say the new Marantz bd8002 looks amazing on paper. If it keeps moving marantz in the direction they have been heading lately, they are going to be putting out killer products. Keep in mind, the marantz bd8002 looks to be a good transport, decodes dolby digital plus, dts HD formats for those with no HDMI 1.3 inputs(such as my anthem avm30. This may be the player most have been looking for. I dont think it has sacd or dvd audio but Im not to concerned about that since that format has ended production. I like my PS3, but the hdmi 1.3 does me no good with the HD audio formats. The Blu Ray video is amazing. If video does get any better with blu ray, I definately dont think I need it.