Hope I am not too late to chime in Mijknarf, but I have bought both the Nad 541i and the Philips 963SA in the past year, and the one that is still in my posession is the NAD. There was no contest in my system, Nad integrated and at the moment, PSB Image 4T's. Never got comfortable with the sound of Philips , but yes do agree that the Beck-Sea Change SACD was great. Good thing there is a HDCD available for the NAD.
