Thanks Jack. There is one thing I would like to point out now that I have had a little time to reflect on my original post. My thoughts on the 701 are my own. Jack and others have this player and it works peachy perfect for them. I branded this player with a little to broad a brush. I do believe strongly that this player may have had some issues when it first came out but going from Jacks experience and others, it sounds like the problems were identified and fixed.