My ten year old Denon S-10 was starting to show it's age. Not mechanically but sonically. Forget about Denon updating their product.
The S-10 is built like the proverbial brick s***t-house! Anything close will cost you a hell of a lot more.
So I contacted Blue Circle to see what could be done to bring the player into the 21st century.
Since I never used a pre-amp, the first requirement was volume control. (The Denon had variable outputs.)