Great info folks, thanks! The Cary has a great reputation and would be nice, but unfortunately a bit above the price level I can manage. The M5 sounds good as does the Arcam. Arcam has had a number of solutions from what I can see including the DV 135, 137 & 139. All three are HDCD and SACD capable (according to Arcam literature). Does anyone know if the Arcam's keep the DSD stream intact for SACD, or do they down covert to PCM?