Good deal. This review makes me feel good about Emotiva because their preamp just got a rave review as well. Maybe this will finally shut up some of these "it must be expensive to be good" types that spend more money on their speaker cables than I did on my Amplifier. I am not saying this CD player is the best because its not but it holds its own with some of the best out there and for 400 bucks thats pretty cool in my book.