Does anyone out there NOT hear a difference in CD

No suggestion has been made to mod the PD-65. I offered the Empirical Audio PD-65 mod as an illustration that Steve Nugent thought the PD-65's stable platter transport worthy of taking to a higher level (basically by improving the power supply/delivery). I would not recommend modding the PD-65, and I have no idea if anyone even offers a PD-65 mod anymore. However, the PD-65 remains a good, solid transport in stock form.

If the OP insists on changing CD players, I definitely would recommend buying a used rather than new CD player. Silver discs are going the way of the Dodo, and buying a new silver disc player seems a waste of money to me, unless the peace of mind provided by a warranty is worth the extra cost of buying new.

Heck, buy a used (or new) stock OPPO. Give it a shot. The classifieds are full of them. Pretty inexpensive experiment, IMO.

You won't know until you compare in your own system with your own ears.

Through my headphones I heard a big difference between my 5-disc Panasonic and my Rotel rcd 965le. At first the Rotel confused me and then I figured out that it just was way more resolving. Dan

It's all about your system and your hearing. You'll find dozens of skeptics over there on avsforum who firmly believe all CD players sound the same, and I don't doubt them when they say *they* can't hear difference. I don't really care, as long as *I* can hear the difference.

Fruff, I have mentioned this a few times before in other posts, the differences in digital under $1500 are subtle at best. To give you an idea, moving the speakers 6 inches in any direction changes the sound to a much much larger extent than switching from say a Marantz 8001 to the 840C. You will hear a difference by using a different player but I am not sure if it will be a *clear* improvement. For an obvious difference in sound, try a tube player like the jolida instead.