Worst CD player

'Marantz SA-8001, Sounded like crap in my system.'

The SA-8001 is a player praised by all established reviewers that I have read. Including Stereophile.
Maybe the rest of your system was responsible for the 'crappy' sound. I have owned it for many years and it is reliable and sounds great. Looks great also. I like the full size.

the origonal sony bdp something. looked cool, but just horrible. maybe it was the aad discs tho. a 30 dollar magnavox blows it away.

Rok2id
"Maybe the rest of your system was responsible for the 'crappy' sound."

Nope, my 35K system sounds wonderful, thank you. The Marantz not only sounded like crap in my system, but it also wouldn't read many of my disks. After 2 trips back to factory service, I gave up. I am using an Esoteric player now and there is absolutely no comparison.

I am not sure what price has to do with sound quality.

'I am not sure what price has to do with sound quality.'

It's an Audiophile thing. Most other people don't get it either.