Bluenote Reliability

It is funny you posted about this because I had a problem with my Stibbert yesterday after putting a cd into the unit. It just stopped functioning and I couldn't figure out why. I opened the unit up and saw the cd had somehow come out of the area where is was supposed to be seated. I pushed into the right position and it was back working normally again. I will say that I feel my Stibbert with sound fusion stand is an extremely good player. I also own a highly touted Marantz sa-7 since last week and I would say it is a very close horse race between the 2 players. If the Koala is anywhere near the Stibbert in sound quality, you will be very happy from a sonic perspective. Bob

I had many issues with my Stibbert. I replaced it with a Raysonic 168, added cryoed NOS tubes from tubeman and Herbie Tube coolers. One of my audio friends said the Raysonic sounds even better. So far it's been very reliable. Alas, I did give rup be ability to listen to DADs and DVD-As

Thanks for the responses guys, i appreciate it. You basically confirmed what i was thinking. Italian gear always sounds good
but is rarely reliable. I have had too many problems lately and am not willing to have an unreliable product no matter how good it sounds.Ah well. On goes the search i guess.

Stick with something with a track record and service center in the USA. Look at Naim.