Price Paid:  $100.00 from Second hand

Summary:
Bought the Denon DCD-735 second hand (cheap) for use in a smaller system in my home office. Connected it to my main system, and I must say that, this is a VERY GOOD PLAYER! It does not color the sound and the high mid and treble is clear and soft, does give my Musical Fidelity DAC a challenge! This one is a bargain!

The DAC is two Burr-Brown PCM61P 18bit DAC, how they realized the two extra bits and the ALPHA-processing I don’t know. The operational amplifiers in the analog filter and the output is the NEC uPC4570, there are better ones available, but this one is not a bad choice, and obviously good enough! There are two electrolytic capacitors at the output, but it feels that the sound does not suffer from them.

Strengths:
Very clear dynamic detailed sound without any harshness. The transport is fast and accurate, never fails to find a track! The built-in headphone amplifier drives my headphones loud and clear. Digital output.

Weaknesses:
Remote control must be used to access all the functionality. Only optical digital output.

Similar Products Used:
Denon DCD 1290 / Musical Fidelity X-DAC

Price Paid:  $150.00 from ebay australia

Summary:
This CD player is a good signal source. It gives a very neutral sound that brings out the dynamics and tonality of the music. I have been listening to a lot of CDs in my collection (mainly classical, jazz and blues) that I haven't listened to for quite a while and I'm impressed by the Denon's performance. If you want quality audio reproduction without getting into mega bucks then the 735 is a strong contender.

Strengths:
Hi quality sound at a reasonable price.

Weaknesses:
Many functions on the remote that on other players would be on the fascia. But, OK, my wife likes that way, easy to operate, not too many buttons and switches, so no big deal

Similar Products Used:
Sony CDP-350, Toshiba DVD SD 1850

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
Excellent hi-end cd-player.Bass , treble and details very balanced without metallic effect like the low price cd-players.
The 2 DAC 16 Bit Lambda S.L.C. + 20 Bit ALPHA Processor works very well to play an exquisite sound .

Strengths:
Great sound at good price.
Full digital servo system pick-up laser

Weaknesses:
no repeat function :-(

Price Paid:  $250.00

Summary:
Exellent cd-player competes with the best in any price-range actually!!
Reproduces every last bit without harshness, solid, dry bass again with incredible detail. This cd-player is unforgiving with bad recordings!! So not sweet, not 'warm', not 'tube-like' but very true to the source, yes that little silver disc you put in the tray... Actually that's what a cd-player shoud do. This cd-player does the job very well at a steal!

Strengths:
No harshness
Incredible detail
Soundstaging
Very solid in the lower register

Weaknesses:
Not high-end enough?
LOL!!

Similar Products Used:
Marantz CD80
Denon 1520

Price Paid:  $320.00 from DATAART Megastore

Summary:
Simply VERY BAD CD PLAYER. My computer DVD TOSHIBA sound's beter then this machine.

Weaknesses:
lost any audio details

Similar Products Used:
VINCENT DS-3, SONY 930