Best universal disc player that has great audio reproduction?

after multiple failed attempts at stand alone cd players. I settled on the Pioneer elite DV-79avi,and am pleasantly surprised at the quality of this player. I have most of the video outputs turned off via the onscreen menu.

The pure audio button, sets down all vid outs, and turns off the front panel lights.

cd/sacd/dvd-A/dvd/mp3 discs/ pretty much everything ,,except blue ray. which i don't own any anyway.

nice player weighing in at about 20 pounds.

can find used for about 100$

Well for now I dragged the oppo 105 out of the ht rig and placed into the stereo rig and hooked up via xlr.
Pretty impressed just as it stands T bh!
Now looks like I have to buy a 103 just for the ht room.....lol.

Why not buy a better DAC than the Oppo for 2 grand and continue to use the Oppo as a CD transport and to play Blu Rays, etc?

+3 for the Ayre C5xeMP. It's a real nice machine! Forget the Oppo mods.

I would rather not add a dac into the system, means another box, more cables etc.
Worked hard to reduce my pre amp, phono stage, headphone amp down into just one pre that handles all of that.
As far as the ayre, is it a universal player?
I know I will be losing out on some ultimate quality but an all in one box solution is exactly what I am looking for.