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Margaret von B wrote:

and yet none can beat my $3K Denon DVD-5900 multiformat
player playing, say, one of the JVC XRCD samplers.

You just had to get that $3k in didn't you ? A girlie wouldn't do that. Outed again !

Incidentally my Denon CD player was ~ £700 when it was released. Probably in
inflation adjusted terms roughly equal to the cost of yours now.

So there !

Graham