ian i have a friend who has the Pioneer Elite DV-45A. I brought my 2200 over to his house and now he is getting rid of his pioneer and getting the 5900 denon.
if that helps you at all.
personally i didn't hear as big a difference as he did.
the one thing his pioneer has over is that his has no trouble with copied media where the denon does.
ya that does help thanks. i wonder which will look better with my NAD equipment. unfortunately NAD has nothing that plays SACD. :-(. i have a regular pioneer that i have been using for the past 2 years, the only issue i have ever had, has been that it stops at some point during a movie. im wondering if the 45a will do the same.