best transport for ... 2008?

Well Soc, old chum, I'd be real interested in the new PS Audio Perfect Wave Transport. It's a memory transport that can hook to the internet, has great features and performance and is priced around $1500. It should be out in a couple of months if all goes as planned.

Denon DVD/SACD?

The best transport 2008? Well, is NO transport IMO. Rip your CDs to your laptop, get a "Spoiler" USB DAC from Empirical Audio and enjoy. Or if you want to save money and use your own DAC, get a Trends Audio or Hagerman USB/ AES/EBU converter, link it between DAC and laptop and let it rip with foobar. You'll be amazed.....
(I use Zanden and DCS transports by the way )
Cheers,
Detlof