Best DVD/CD Player to buy

I to was looking for something similar but decided to buy a amazing cd player and a good dvd but If I were to want an all in one unit I was going to but the arcam fmj dv 27. maybe you might want to check it out.

at the moment,the best is goldmund eidos 38 reference.

Stan Warren has been mocifying Pioneer 24/96 DVD players (for CD 2 channel playback) for his customers. After his modifications, they end up sounding as good as many $2000+ high end offerings. The fact that these players also play DVDs is icing on the cake! I think the total cost is under $700 for mods and all. I have a personal friend who is a reviewer for Stereophile Home Theater Review. He has 4 different $4000+ state of the art DVD players in his review studio, and none of them (unmodified) will hold a candle sonically (in two channel) to the above aformaentioned Stan Warren modified Pioneer.

If you are thinking used, then the CAL CL-20 or 25 would be a good choice.

Forget the mass market stuff. I have a Sony 7700 DVD player. It has great video quality but its audio quality is terrible. I haven't heard CD's sound so bad since the early days of CD. Pioneer, etc. isn't going to be much better. Go for a Meridian 586.