DVD player with excellent CD quality

I have owned the Panasonic A-310, the Denon DVD-3000, the Sony DVP-7700 and now own the Pioneer DV-05. Of these the Pioneer definitely sounds the best, but it still nothing to rave about. I have a friend with the DCS set up with the Theta transport and the Pioneer DV-05. If I can A-B them this week I will give you all a report... Pioneer DV-09

I've owned the Denon-5000, the wadia 830, and the Sony XA7ES. The sony and wadia were very close, trailed by the Denon on sound quality. I had originally purchased the Denon as a cd and dvd player. I found the cd only units sounded better, and ended up selling the DVD because I didn't use it. I would say the sound quality was very good, but not as good. I found it hard to pay $20 for a DVD movie when I could record one off of my DirecTV satellite dish onto S-VHS and get close to the same quality. Then again, I don't even bother to hook my television up to my stereo.

I have both the Sony 7700 and the Marantz DV-18. The DV-18 is a better unit, both with DVD's and CD's. There is a firmware fix which takes care of the "skipping". It was most noticeable with the Matrix. Fix was applied under warranty. The DV-18 is a sweet unit. TRH

I really like my Toshiba SD3109. Very good sound and a HDCD decoder built it, all for under $400.It smokes all of the other cd players that I have owned. I looked at the Mitsubishi's, but found out that Toshiba makes Mitsubishi's for them. The on screen display and the real panel are identical. Why pay another $100 for a Mits.?

The Toshiba 3109 does not sound as good as a Philips 825. They both do not sound as good as a good CD player (Sony XA7,for example.) I was amazed to hear that how beautifully the Philips (a sub $200 DVD player) sounds.