I have had access to a current spec APL Denon-3910 cd player for about a week, and it's not broken in yet. First, get the cd, "Jerry Garcia Band's" "After Midnight" at Kean College(in Texas), 2/28/1980. You will not regret it. I would think the Grateful Dead site would have it. Since I received this APL, I really haven't listened to analog, and I have a Linn, Ekos, nude Archiv, Mana table, Lingo. I feel that I have to attend to the turntable's setup before I do, and I thought it was sounding pretty good before this. I'm not sure that I can recommend pure digital recordings yet, but I think recordings made in analog, played back on a good cd player are okay. That has to open up more music for people. For instance, the analog lp's that I listen to are 1981 or earlier, because I found digital lp's recorded after that time to be a problem.