DVD/CD/SACD player advice needed

I'm really happy with my Pioneer 47a. I picked up a demo unit here on Agon for $650 probably about a year ago. I haven't compared it to other machines, but the sound quality certainly isn't poor and its nice that I can buy music now in any format and just listen.

For the money, I also like the Philips DVD963SA. A very good machine for the money. If money is not a problem, "THEN" I would go for a Denon DVD-2900. But if money is a concern, then I would go with the Philips DVD963SA then. To me, the Philips DVD963SA is about as good as the Denon DVD-2900, but it costs far less money.

Regards and Good Luck!!!!!

--Charles--

The dautch, there are no reliability problems on the 963...maybe you are thinking of the infamous 2k Phillips sacd 1000 as it has serious problems.
There was a group shootout of the 963sa and Denon 2900 on www.avsforum.com a few months back and the 963sa was found to be equal for 5-600.00 less by all involved.

If you want better sonics, try the Marantz 8400 multi player imho.

I personally like the Sony DVP-999ES better than just about anything I auditioned. An absolutely beautiful picture, excellent redbook CD performance, and SACD as good as just about any stand alone unit I've heard. It's also well built and comes with the three year warranty. I think Sony does the SACD thing as well as anyone, and picture reproduced by this deck is well documented. It's been out for about a year now so the price has probably come down a bit, but I paid $850 for mine a few months back.

Can't recommend a dvd player, but was wondering how you like the Panny plasma? I've been eyeing that same model Panny for quite some time now and would like to hear your opinion on it....thanks.