I'd look at the Ayre C-5xe. That is what I bought and IMO for the price it is better sounding than equipment twice its price that play only one or two formats. It is a universal stereo player (DVD-A, SACD, CD & HDCD, DVD-V, etc). It has gained a lot of recognition this last year and won some awards as well such as the joint digital source component award of 2005 from Stereophile magazine, "joint" meaning it shared the title with a two piece dCS stack, which is around 4.5 times the price. It also won a joint component award of 2005 from the magazine as well.
It only took me a minute or two of listening to it before I knew it was the perfect source for my system. I then spent a lot more time just listening to it at the store because I knew it would take a month for my order to even get to me since they are back ordered right now due to the high demand. I should finally be getting it in the next week.
Here is a link to the Stereophile product of the year awards: product of the year awards
It only took me a minute or two of listening to it before I knew it was the perfect source for my system. I then spent a lot more time just listening to it at the store because I knew it would take a month for my order to even get to me since they are back ordered right now due to the high demand. I should finally be getting it in the next week.
Here is a link to the Stereophile product of the year awards: product of the year awards