Best multichannel SACD

Linn's Unidisk SC universal player (about $4995, if memory serves) may offer today's best all-around combination of great video performance + rock-solid sound quality on all current audio disc formats (redbook CD, DVD-Audio, and SACD).

Watch for an upcoming DVD "Buyer's Guide +" in The Perfect Vision, Issue 67.

'Hope this helps.
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P.S., Two players to watch will be NAD's new Master Series M55 universal player and Parasound's Classic D 200 universal player--both coming soon.

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Thomas,

Your question prompts me to take off on a bit of Denon universal player tangent.

I wanted to point out that there is an apparently thriving cottage industry where performance-oriented equipment modification experts offer highly tweaked versions of various Denon players that, in many cases, sound superb. I can't begin to tell you how many custom-modified Denons I saw and heard at last year's Rocky Mountain Audio Fest.

Interestingly, for whatever reason, it appears that Denon's DVD-3910 is the modification vehicle of choice (not that other models don't also get mods, but that most seem to center on the 3910).

Two interesting questions:

1. How much does a modified 3910 cost relative to a box-stock 5910?

2. Which sounds better, the stock 5910 or carefully modified 3910?

Food for thought...

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