ampman66

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Sony 7700 play cdr's?
I strongly disagree wtih a previous post. I owned botth the Pioneer 05 and 09. I can assure you that the DV-09 does NOT play cd r's, and is so slow at loading a disk...the Pioneer 05 will play them, but have you ever looked at this thing? It does ... 
dvd player or pioneer cdp for transport?
Get a first generation Sony S-7000 DVD player. In 1997, it was arguably the world's best sounding transport, read the review of this on planethifi.com. It has benn replaced by the S-7700, with DTS and 24/96 khz. But it's still an awsome transport.... 
Sony DVD-S7700 against other transports
It's the very best out there as a transport, easily beating transports 5 times it's asking price. It's a no-brainer.Buy it. Built like a tank, the best DVD picture in the business is a bonus, even if you only watch 1 movie a year....As a stand-alo... 
Best Transport for $300 or less (new/use
For your system, I recommend you find a used Sony DVD S-7000 for your transport. It is the predessor to the flagship S-7700, and was a few years back, arguably one of the best transports regardless of price! check an older, but very interesting re... 
A newbie deciding on a transport/DAC
The Sony DVD S-7700 is arguably the best transport in the world, regardless of price (read planet hi-fi's review of it's predecessor, the S-7000, which I also owned). The Birdland upsampling DAC will give you, for under a grand, sound comparable t... 
Best DVD as transport
In planet hi-fi's 1997 review (planethifi.com) the Sony DVD S-7000 was considered by a host of senior reviewers as being the best cd transport (including audio-only tranport) regardless of price. I know this is hard to beleive, but hook it up and ...