Hyfi

Thanks for taking the the time to make the comparison and write it up.

As we all know since DVD players came on board many people make the assumption that a DVD player can serve as their CD player (digital is digital right?). Certainly as you found here, some DVD players are quite capable of producing CD audio better than lower end CD or mid level CD players. There can be many other factors besides SQ that influence people's decisions to use a DVD player for double duty.

Personally I have several CD players whose SQ I prefer over my DVD players and so will stick to using separates. In addition using a stand alone DAC takes my CD listening to another level above any of my CD or DVD players. As it stands I only use the my Oppo 981HD and Sony NS755V to playing SACD. They are both very competent in that area until I get my Sony 222ES SACD player up and running again.