No.Denon cdp`s don`t blow things out of the water.
A mediocre Marantz Blu-Ray player will put the Denon in its proper light:
Harsh,poor imaging,undetailed and generally uninvolving.
It does good on bass and dynamics-but thats all.
It is nowhere close to really good digital sound
and hyping it up is no good to other readers of the forum.
Please.
Did you actually read what I wrote? I was comparing it to midrange modern outboard DACs in response to OP's question. No modern outboard DAC for $400 will beat the sound of this CDP, that's my point. Vintage multi-bit DACs such as those from Parasound and Adcom maybe, but I haven't heard one.