I'm pretty sure my wife ordered the Cambridge Azur 740c CDP for me for christmas. I had been looking at this player along with the 840c and the Marantz SA8001 SACDP. I guess my wife chose for me. I was leaning to the Marantz but I talked with the guys over at spearit sound and they felt that SACD is dying as Sony no longer supports it ( I dont know it thats true or not ). They also recommended the 740c over the 840c if you don't have balanced XLR inputs, thats where the real benefit of the 840c come into play. Any way, I'll post a review of the 740c when I get it and again after the break in period. Any one want to buy a modified Music Hall 25.2 CDP?