Today is the day...

[blackraven]

Emaidel, your correct that the Marantz is a very good STD CDP, but you have to buy some good quality SACD's and compare it to the same recording in a CD to really hear the difference. Not all SACD recordings are good. What I noticed with the Marantz with SACD's was the dynamic range was expanded and the music seemed fuller, richer and more satisfying if that makes sense. Was it dramatic, no, but it was very noticable. I though that the Marantz was well worth the money. And now my wife is telling me that I should have kept both units, the 840c and the 8001 as christmas presents. So now I'm thinking about getting the 8001 or Marantz DV7001 universal player which used the HDAM as does the 8001 or just go with the cheaper oppo or maybe the CA universal player.

But Feanor is right. To get the best improvement in sound you have to go multi channel.

Here's another site to buy SACD's and XRCD's http://store.acousticsounds.com