Nordostman, the Ayre fully loaded is almost $12000, three times Rick's guigeline. You are right about the CAL units running circles around Sony in regular CD playback, ( I use the Cal CL2500-SSP), But the CAL units DO NOT beat the Camelot Round Table in regular CD sound, and the Round Table can be purchased brand new for $3500. The Round Table also uses the Dragon 5.1 jitter reduction technology for all audio playback, including all 5.1 surround modes!
When you take into consideration all of Rick guidelines, up to $4000, best sound, best video, best build quality, no other DVD player on the market compares! It's a shame so few people know about this player, obviously Camelot Technology could use some serious help with marketing. I found another review for the Round Table that goes into more detail about the audio side of this player. http://www.audiorevolution.com/equip/camelotroundtable/index.html
I am not a dealer, just a very satisfied customer trying to share an incredible find.