The C541 is the route to go. It'll sound great. I own a C540 and found that it is prone to skipping though. At times this is frustrating and no amount of damping or isolating will fix the problem. It could be this unit only, maybe I got the one lemon. One other thing, you'll need a pair of good copper cables to control the tizziness of the high end. I switched from Audioquest to Cardas and found that fixed the problem. I believe that the C540 is identical except for the HDCD and the playing of CDR etc. Not entirely sure. Good luck.
