[Eeyore]

Bill Riel wrote:

fwiw, I've got a Denon CD player for my 2 channel playback, a Panasonic
DVD player in the home theatre that I sometimes use for CD playback,
I've used my computer as a source and even an old Panasonic "Diskman"
type portable player. I realize none of these are in any way high end -
is there really much of a difference with CD sources?

Well...... even the cheapest CD player will be quite reasonable but there are
certainly areas where improvements can be made but mostly these are hyped up
beyond belief and largely imaginary once you've reached a certain level of
performance ( which isn't hugely expensive ).

Graham