As soon as my 963 is burned in I will be taking it to a friends house to do head to head comparison with his CD and DVD players. I hope to do the review on the Saturday the 15th. The setup we will be using is as follows:

Players: Philips DVD-963SA
Marantz DV8300
Ayre CX-7
Interconnects: Audio Quest copperheads to a

Krell Showcase Processor

Interconnect: Audio Quest Corals (balanced) to a

Amp: Theta Dreadnought

Speaker connections: Bi-wire oxygen free copper 10ga

Speakers: Martin Logan Requests

Velodyne Subwoofer

Thanks in advance!

Can you compare SACD performance as well, I'm very much interested in its SACD playback.

I will compare SACD between the Marantz and Philips. The Ayre only plays redbook CD's.

Thanks a lot!