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There are all sorts of CD player-users, even among aficionados in my small circles. It's never been either/or for me. I rip several CDs...

I doubt it, if you use CDs! For playback situations, CDs have no DRM and players recognize which type of disk is in use - DVD usually...

You take the risk of a modified digital output with a DVD player, due to copy protection requirements. That risk is down to nearly 0...

To play CDs (or better still, rip to FLACs*) buy any £50 CD/DVD player that has optical (toslink) or co-ax output. It will be sonically...

I liked this one except MQA and any used Oppo player...

Staggering everything-player that is. Try to have it fixed. Maybe clean the lens and same for the eject button, it’s probably nothing.

No, it only has optical and coax but audio splitters have one or the other as outputs offering high res PCM not DSD but you can't hear...

I use AES to my Topping D70 Pro Sabre with great results. I think top loaders are cool and the way I look at it is that there is no...

Life is short, so I recommend you spend a little more on one of these. It is built better than the budget models from Yamaha, Denon...

You could check the service manual (free download: https://www.manualslib.com/download/899217/Sony-Dvp-S9000es.html) and try to clean...

The big Oppos are great, got a 105, but agree about getting that Sony looked at first.

I am biased and believe that replacing a Sony ES player is difficult at best, regardless of costs, or what you're willing to pay to play...

Get yourself any Sony DVD player that also plays SACDs, an HDMI audio splitter, and a Topping E30II Lite and you'll be good to go for...

The topping e30II lite accepts hdmi? Because that and I2S are the only way to get tha dsd signal from an SACD out in digital form. The...

Let me summon our resident CD expert @NTTY for some advice :D