people are selling the sony 777 (not multi-channel) for under $1500 these days. After it's broken in, it's a great 'red book' player as well as a great transport if you want to improve your dac later, and if you should ever want to buy a SACD disc, you could play it too... btw, the sound is very smooth, like the rega, but way more detailed, lusher and has better bass. On top of all that, one can supposedly tweak the thing and make it way better (but I haven't since I bought it new and that would void the 5 year warranty). I checked out the jupiter when I was looking and it seemed overpriced (at least if you buy it new).
