Tom, belabor the obvious with me! Audio electronics is not my forte! I could never be offended.
Johnk, I respect your frugal nature (its quite a fine quality in a person) but I have heard differences in cd players. I just haven't tried out any beyond $500 or so. I have also listened to my friend's NAD two channel setup - it plays cds better than mine. Its a hobby and its fun reading about this stuff. I can always sell the stuff later if I want or keep it for another room.
I was thinking of just adding the AH!4000 to my NAD receiver for now and seeing how that works. That's the another question I have - will there be a noticeable improvement in cd playback if I *only* add a high quality player?
This hybrid-integrated amp also caught my eye but I'll have to save up for this baby:
http://www.unisonresearch.com/unico/unico.asp
thoughts?
