Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Do I even need a CD player?..and "bad first exp."

Cooper,
was the audio CD performance from the RP82 really that poor? I've started looking into CD/DVD player options to replace my Toshiba, and the Panny seems to get great reviews on the DVD side, including here:

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/cgi-bin/shootout.cgi?function=search&articles=all&type=&manufacturer=0&maxprice=0&deInt=0&mpeg=0