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The plight of SACD....
Treyhoss, your findings may be accurate or you may be just finding out that your player plays SACD's better than CD's. 
Need advice for CDP selection
Is SACD playback important to you? If it is not, (oh boy), I would eliminate the Sony and look to the others. If SACD is important to you, another player to consider is the new Musical Fidelity TriVista SACD/CD player.The players you list are very... 
The plight of SACD....
"Leave SACD sound to Sony", yikes. Should we of left CD sound to Sony, they invented it? 
The plight of SACD....
TWL, don't worry about it, I should of just pointed my views instead coming off the way I did. Thanks 
The plight of SACD....
TWL, I pretty much agree with your comments; I took exception to your first post as it seems every time this subject comes up, inevitably there is a post paying all hail homage to the LP.As for your classifications, as I said, I mostly agree. I wo... 
The plight of SACD....
TWL, with all due respect, not everyone thinks LP is the greatest, I do not diminish it's sonic performace, but I do not miss using LP's in the least nor have a desire to start using it. All source format's have their drawbacks. 
Solidstate substitute for Bat Vk75se?
How'd this turn out Saxman? 
$500-600 Used Tuner
Basement, you can see his whole sytem, by clicking his link, he uses an old Sony.I concur with above, spend time reading on the Tuner Web site. 
Audio Research service
To re-tube a VT100 is $1300? 
Tube Amps, Some Basics
...and what amps need "adjustments" (as the tubes age, I believe)? How do you know when an adjustment is necessary and you did it correctly? 
123 Reviews All 5"s For Odyssey
Judit's advice is good and I will add that I look for what they compared it to and is there any mention of the other products in their review. 
Best SS AMP for B&W nautilus 802
If you don't mind me intuding, how do you feel the 352 stacked up to the Classe and ML335? 
Electrocompaniet EMC-1: let's talk?
I don't know if this helps, but mine states on the back, EMC1-UP. 
Which hi-end Sony SACD player to buy?
Why would they drop it in "six months"? If they were going to drop it, I would think they would just pull the plug, why wait six months. 
Musical Fidelity Experts needed..
Fineberg, there is also a Tri-Vista line, to which Seth alludes. They make an Integrated and SACD/CD player currently under this line and a pre and power amp to come in 2003.