i have heard my fair share of sources... meridians, regas, ayres, carys, wadias, esoterics, modded denons, and many others, but one would really be hard pressed to surpass and to my ears even come close to acheiving the sonics of a (used) reimyo cdp-777 under the $6400 mark. i love vinyl too and have owned a VPI Scout and have heard some serious high end vinyl rigs, but the reimyo really pushes and merges the envelope between digital and analog. the cdp-777 is a dichotomy that offers the luxury of both in one.