Does anyone out there NOT hear a difference in CD

With practice it gets easier to hear differences right away, BUT there's nothing like going back to the original to make things crystal clear, assuming there is a difference.

Dave

I couldn't agree more regarding Tvad's view regarding hearing differences and system resolution. I guess I would simply add "neutrality" to resolution; knowing full well, of course, that one never really knows for sure *how* neutral one's system is, until an upgrade is made that reveals previous colorations. In my experience, however, it can take a while to feel confident the system is truly more neutral after such a change is made.

The only difference I can tell in an old 50 dollar panasonic dvd player and a 700 dollar Rotel is the cd spins a little quiter. Too bad that I have to upgrade again to get a dead silent transport, Anybody have any ideas?

Velocityofhue
Ha, Funny thing is the 700 dollar rotel probably uses a 9 dollar transport and the 50 dollar panasonic probably uses a 8 dollar transport!

Depends on your price range, but you want a really good universal machine to not break the bank, and do it all so to speak for the time being with very little worry about future upgrades or investment woe's.. Look at an Oppo digital 980h, for 169.00 I bet it will beat the pants off what you have so far heard, and give you SACD, DVD-A, and world class DVD picture, look em' up, about 1.5 million positive reviews on this machine.