Pioneer DV-578A-S DVD Player with DVD-Audio / SACD
Nice universal player
I bought this for DVDs, and the Hi-Rez DVD Audio and SACD.<br /><br />So far I am impressed on all counts. I have played DVDs in Dolby EX, DTS ES, Superbit, as well as several DVD AUdios and SACDs. The picture is excellent and the Hi-Rez sound is awesome. You would have to pay more than 3 times this price to hear anything better, assuming you have equipment thats good enough...<br /><br />The 563a also downconverts SACD to PCM (if you want bass management) as do all units in extistence to date, so ignore the previous reviewers comments on this issue. And this player has the proper 80hz crossover frequency for subwoofers, that the previous model did not.<br /><br />Later on I will get a $1300 Denon 3910 Universal player to go with my $1200 Denon reciever, but for the money this little player sounds very nice indeed!