What's wrong with a DVD player as a transport?

The sad truth is that, arguably, the weakest link in most high-end cd-playback system is...the cd itself.

The DVD player I was using was a fully modded
Pioneer DV-563A, by fully modded I mean Power supply R core transformer, pi filter Panasonic caps, and Clock, etc, etc.
I several systems the diferences were obvious, you could tell right away, I even gave it full burn in, with very slight quality increase.

I am not trying to pick a fight or disrespect anyone, I just feel that I was misguided by reviews and modders I and want to tell my story to help somebody else, I spent and lost, money trying to get a better transport with terrible results, I even bought the fully modded Sqeezebox2, which is a great product! , but High End it is not.....yet.

I agree w/the conviction that DVD players can make fine CD transports. Back when I first started obsessing w/finding a good-sounding CD player and had a Tjoeb 99, I bought a Sony DVD player (89.00) at my trusty Sony dealer -- supposedly for movies only. I A/B'd it with the 99 and guess what? I sold the Tjoeb and am still happy with the Sony, and this is in a $5,000+ system. Number of circuits and topolgy have absolutely no effect on the sound, but we tell ourselves otherwise in order to justify the Meridians, Krells, and Levinsons of the world.

A few years ago there were some DAC makers that recommended DVD players as transports for their DACs. I believe it may have been Bel Canto or EVS, but please don't take my word for it.

Many new CD players are using DVD or computer derived ROM drives. I am no expert, but it seems to me very few CDPs use a dedicated CD drive anymore, and a well designed and executed DVD player should be equal or possibly superior from what I can gather as they use newer technology anyhow. I have a Bel Canto PL-2 and I honestly think it is the equal of my previous Ayre CX-7e as a player, not just a transport, but it plays dvd's, SACD and DVDA with only one box on my shelf. Not sure if there is a "correct" answer on this as transports and DAC's are always about synergy anyhow...