>Kent Southard said he got a new CD player, >>> - the NAD 571t has the HDCD feature, and as it's currently selling at >half price, $400, I got one. And the difference is truly extraordinary, my >system sounds like I just spent thousands rather than a few hundred. >Clearer, richer, punchier, more detailed than you can believe. My previous >CD player (also NAD) in comparison made the music seem like a paint by >numbers picture with most of the canvas left white.
I have read many reviews of NAD equipment and it seems that it can be quite variable in sound quality. When all the tolerances happen to match they can sound wonderful, but some turn out to be real pigs. Although I don't own one I think that Denon make some consistently good sounding equipment.