I recently wanted a CD player for exactly the wrong reason; I wanted a Marantz branded player to match the Marantz receiver and TT in my living room system.
The Sony DVD changer I was replacing (the thing is HUGE) has both HDMI and analog outputs; which is perfect since I have the HDMI output to HT receiver for DVD playback and analog out to my Marantz 2220B for CD playback.
Anyway to make a long boring story short and boring, I found the 6001 on eBay at a very good price (without remote) and decided to give it a try. I found a remote for $10 (the player was $45 with shipping) and have been using it for a week now and actually am pretty impressed with it. I was surprised to find out it has a metal faceplate and is built really well. I played my Diana Krall SACD and it sounded really nice (even though I cant tell much if a difference between CD and SACD) and DVDs look great as well.
So for what I paid I am pretty impressed with how it looks and plays so as long as it lasts a while I will be happy.
The Sony DVD changer I was replacing (the thing is HUGE) has both HDMI and analog outputs; which is perfect since I have the HDMI output to HT receiver for DVD playback and analog out to my Marantz 2220B for CD playback.
Anyway to make a long boring story short and boring, I found the 6001 on eBay at a very good price (without remote) and decided to give it a try. I found a remote for $10 (the player was $45 with shipping) and have been using it for a week now and actually am pretty impressed with it. I was surprised to find out it has a metal faceplate and is built really well. I played my Diana Krall SACD and it sounded really nice (even though I cant tell much if a difference between CD and SACD) and DVDs look great as well.
So for what I paid I am pretty impressed with how it looks and plays so as long as it lasts a while I will be happy.