Sony DVD 7700 or Denon 5000 ??

Bookner, I believe that the major difference in the analogue output. I suspect that the Sony has a better drive mechanism too. The Sony XA7ES is one of the best built CD player's I've ever seen - heavy, 1mm thick copper case, all metal with a weight that you put on the CD to help it spin true. Since my last post I had an opportunity to compare it to the Adcom GCD-750, and thought it bettered that too. The Adcom's not bad though. I recently purchased a Sony DVP-S7700 (they're getting cheap now), and I think it's sonics are just ok for music. Great for movies though. It's interesting that my 12 year old 14 bit sonographe sd-1 cd player eats it for lunch. I plan to try an old DAC with the 7700 it to see how it sounds with that. I have heard that these 7700's make great transports. It has coax digital out.

I use Sony DVP-S7700 for movies. For 2 channel listening It does not even come close to my Low line Classe CDP.3. Not enough weight, lacks midrange clarity. It seems there is always some kind of veil no matter I use internal DAC or outboard DAC. I have not heard the Denon, but atleast I wanted to tell you the opinion on the Sony.