When assembling the new system I went with the Denon 2900 (refurb) have had no problems with it as for CDs, but it had problems reading all DVDs. Sent it to Denon, they returned it saying the issue had been solved. A few months later it started having the same issue.
I added a Sony 5 disc CD/DVD unit as a back up, the Sony does fine with DVDs, but at times it does have problems with CDs, as it restarts a CD after about 2 or 3 seconds of playing the first track of a CD, not all CDs, but to many in my thinking. Have sent it to Sony, they can not duplicate the problem.
Have been waiting for the Halo D3 to become available, since having the Halo series of products I have been very pleased with them and the support from Parasound is much like Axiom. So I'm thinking of trying the D3 and see how my luck goes with this universal player., the advantage I have with Paraound, they are located with in an hours drive and I can talk to a live tech in person.