So does the coming of the new SA8004 put downward price pressure on second hand SA8003's or 1's?  We'll see.   I've become more interested in the less expensive Onkyo C-S5VL after seeing this recent review comparing it to the SA8003.

Playback only and not recording.  I just got back into cassettes and recently acquired a Nakamichi CR-1A from craigslist for $25.  It didn't work when I brought it home; none of the buttons functioned, so I performed this fix:    http://naks.es/cr7_control_motor.html   Now works like a...

Has anyone ended up getting a C-S5VL and can offer some comments?

A DAC will be coming from Emotiva this summer, perhaps. Called the XDA-1 for now and is estimated to go for about $300.

I take back what I said about the audio being too forward/edgy. I had a suspicion that it might be my speakers and not the player, so I moved the Denon player to my 2-channel system. Sounds great there and confirms reviews/comments that this player has very good sound quality. The transport...

Good heads-up! It looks exactly like my DVD-1940CI which I got last year (a quick search on the web appears to confirm that they are the same). I paid $90 which I thought was a good deal. Sound quality for both SACD and CD is good: detailed and vivid. If anything, slightly too forward for my...

I have two older cousins to the models you are considering: NAD C525BEE and Marantz CD5001. Both are good but I give the nod to the Marantz. Its smoother and has larger sound stage, but at the cost of some detail.

All the ground connections come together and connect to the negative input terminal: this includes the negative terminals of the tweeter and the woofer. The positive terminal of the midrange driver should go to all the connections above. This is called reverse polarity and it is done to keep...