Pioneer A747

I am very interested in high quality audio and was considering purchasing an audio only SACD player such as those available from Sony but the better ones are rather expensive. I then thought about getting the Philips SACD1000 which is not audio only but nevertheless has received good reviews.

Pioneer has just launched a combined unit DVD, DVD Audio and SACD ... I have heard from various sources that this unit is very much a compromise and should be avoided ... does anyone here have any advice or experience relating to this unit?

 

What do you mean by that?

If your talking SACD performance only then perhaps you should look elsewhere. Though the performance is gonna be good, I doubt it'll ever beat a stand-alone SACD player!

 

Some reportsa have indicated that video may not be as good as one might expect from a machine of this price ...