Dekay, thanks for your detailed response. I was just now on another thread (best cd player) where one of the posters indicated he was getting good results from the Sony DVD/SACD player which I currently have - I was going to return it because I thought it sounded lousy - Now, I'm going to see if further burn-in brings about a substantial change in its character.
Musical Fidelity A3CD
In his review of this player, Wes Philips(onhifi.com)says that it is capable of upsampling standard 16/44 CDs to 24/96. The folks at AudioAdvisor themselves don't think that it does. Any idea who is right? While you are at it, comments on the player's performance will be much appreciated. It will be used with an Acurus RL-11 pre, MF A3CR power and PSB Stratus Bronze speakers. Anyone compared its performance versus the Bel Canto Dac 1? (using a reasonably good transport). THANKS!