Next ? Is DVD audio as good as CD?

I can only speak from my own experience, but the sound I'm getting from my new Pioneer DV-37 is better than the Rega Planet CD player I previously owned. In addition, the DV-37 will also play 24-bit/96Khz disks (digital output into my DSP pre/pro). I personally think it makes no sense to buy an expensive, high-end CD player, and I have absolutely no qualms recommending the DV-37.

I have an Adcom 600 with a Rotel transport... and the Technics DVD-A10 for just as you mentioned as a DVD... but the CD sound in the Technics is almost as good as my other Adcon/Rotel and the Technics is BETTER on some old mid 80's badly mastered CDs. Definitly get the Technics if you want both a fairly good CD and a DVD.The Technics is $1200 list I paid $800 locally... BUT JR Music website has 'em at $600. If you really just want a CD player.. pick up the Accom 70 for $700 used, or some other one.... PS who cares if it plays DVD-A... (maybe in 3 years you'll care but not now!)

I use my Pioneer DV05 and I enjoy listening to it (the DV37 is it's replacement). I talked to Stan Warren about mods and he said that Pioneers high-end models (DV05, DV37, DV09, etc) use Japanese DAC chips, but the cheaper models (DV525, DV333, DV434, etc) use Burr Brown chips. The more expensive models may sound better out of the box, but the cheaper models could sound much better with $200 to $250 in mods (on a $200 player). Stan says that the cheap modded players sound very very good (total $450)...better than the more expensive models and they have much more potential (he can't do much with the Japanese DAC chips).