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Old 17th October 2012   #9
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I just looked on ebay and found this:

NICE Pioneer DV-563A CD/MP3/DVD/SACD Super Audio CD & DVD Player w/ Remote WORKS 012562640891 | eBay



I have this unit (Pioneer DV-563A) and as you can see on Ebay, someone is selling one for $39 ! I saw others for $199 or so. (Too much IMO)

IMO, hi resolution audio players are a dime a dozen today because of the buying public's preference for MP3's over SACD/DVD Audio because 1) a desire for portability/convenience 2) a dramatic reduction in a desire for higher fidelity sound. I can appreciate #1, but am baffled by #2? Why doesn't anyone care anymore?

By the way, the Pioneer unit plays SACD/DVD Audio and DVD Videos. It sounds great! I used it for about six years as my main player, but upgraded to the OPPO unit about a year ago for the Blu ray/3D capability.

For those of you who have lots of DVD concerts and movies, and you have a HD display, the OPPO does a fantastic job of upscaling the old DVDs to close to HD playback. Not an overstatement.
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