Is Exemplar the answer?

Tvad, I have talked to Alex, Dan, and John about the 3910, Alex is the only guy who actually has modded both the 2900 and the 3910/he said sonicly on his machines, which he says is like a custom paychev special/no longer denon, they sound the same. The real difference is the HDCD capability and higher grade video/but with alex'x mod they are ONLY 2 channel.

Streetdaddy, did you pay him up front?

Yes the denon has never not played a disk for me, yet.

711smilin, I've read about Alex' 2900/3910 mod. In my post above, I was really looking into the crystal ball. It only makes sense that at some time in the near future, there will be at least two modders tweaking the 3910. My point was that new and better machines and/or mods will always come around, and one can be fairly certain that what's best today won't be best for too very long. In my case, I just hope that the Exemplar is great enough to quench my need to have to search farther, and that during the wait for delivery, some other sweet something doesn't catch my eye.

Tvad, join the ImnutzImsickIwannadabest club. Dan is modding his first 3910 as we speak.....AND technology will always be changing...so, will it be better? Only your Ears in Your system can make that decision. wink wink John is still waiting for his, as far as sonic differences for the 2900 vs 3910, I do not believe there will be any.

TVAD: I waited 6 weeks for my 2900 player. That was fine with me. It was totally worth the wait and the only cassified section on Audiogon I have been visiting these days is the software (CD's, SACD's and DVD-A) section. Hang in there, and don't forget to allow the player some break-in time. Mine really opened up after about 250 hours.