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Ha ha ! No doubt!

I'm also shopping around. I'm looking heavily at Marantz and Onkyo / Integra.

I have had great success with Sony "ES" (elevated standard) products.

I have a Sony TA E9000ES multichannel processor.


It will not die. It's sound quality is superb. Even though it is only 5.1 without DTS-96/24 capability, its sound quality is better than my Onkyo Integra DTC 9.4 and I think better than the TX NR 1007 as well.

I know there are folks who say there is no difference in sound quality between CD players (it's all 1's and 0's), however, I disagree. My CA9ES CD player is great. Sound quality is superior to that of the highly touted Cambridge which I bought but returned.

My DVP9000ES is awesome. Sound quality is superb.

I also have a 300 or 400 CD "jukebox" EX CD Player, love it.

Anyway, I look for used Sony "ES" products in my local recycler and Penny Saver, buy them for a song whenever I can.

I give them 5 stars out of 5.

The Sony ES line up was usually well reviewed, IIRC, they were certainly better products than their non ES line up.

I have an old Sony ES SACD player and it is built like a tank. Well, it's heavy like a tank. I've had issues with the tray alignment, but I attribute that more to it being a display model. Who knows what kind of abuse it took in the store.

*sigh*

The things we do for a deal.

Amen, brother. Preach it.