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what if it could play other formats, like DVD-A and SACD with a digital connection to the Desktop Portable's DAC(can this be done? I was thinking there were some players that could be hooked up to their own DAC). plus DVD for movies to be used with the Dolby Headphone feature on the future revised Desktop Amp.

or would just CD and DVD be best? or just CD? and something?

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Originally Posted by Tungsten

04-28-2006, Welcome to the club...

Great question. I asked this question too a while back. I came to my own conclusions… namely, that the player I want is no longer being manufactured today. And it probably never will be again. Sad but true, and I got over it in time, with much therapy and grief counseling

I too just wanted to buy a brand new PCDP unit, a top model, and then really look after it and make it last 10 years. To listen to CD’s with the line out, or Digital Optical line out connected to some really good DAC/AMP combo etc.,. In fact, I would buy multiple redundant units of the same model if I could find such a mythical PCDP that I actually liked…

Excuse me while I hijack this threat as a vehicle to air my grievances of PCDP's and offer up a wish so that the Gods may hear what it is we truly desire...

Oh HeadRoom, we beseech you, we petition you, to answer our prayers, to produce a CD Transport in the vein of the Desktop Line of products! Create a beautiful solid black aluminum CD player with Digital Optical and Coax outputs only! With no shock protection and no fancy useless features.

Only the 7 sacred buttons are needed!

• Stop

• Play

• Pause

• Forward

• Back

• Repeat

• Mode

We can only hope.

Originally Posted by Tungsten

04-29-2006, You can tell a quality Discman just by looking at it... honestly.

Yes, you're right but I was imploring HeadRoom to create such a CD Transport. That makes it different. If anyone could do it, they could.