All in one players take up little space in your rack, If a receiver is good enough for you then an all in one player will be good enough. Multi-format players have to cut corners some were just like receivers do to keep costs down for that market. Good multi-format players can be built but they would share nothing inside the box which is not the case with these players on the market. You will get what you pay for in these players which could be good bang for buck, but will be far from SOTA. In the case of the sony SCD-1, every model of everything audio has an end, always has, always will. Thats what the big shows they have every year are all about, out with the old and in with the new.