<font color='#000000'>There is a little-known, never-advertised fact that most cheap (under $750 or so) DVD players make terrible CD players. First, the width of a DVD player's laser beam is different from a CD player's, and the digital sampling is set by an internal clock that has a different rate. In simple terms, the was a DVD player reads a CD is wrong from the start. It's not distortion in the music, but you don't hear things the way they should be heard.
A simple $200 single-disc player from many name brand manufacturers with an optical digital output, matched with a nice processor and amplifier do an excellent job without breaking the bank too much. Steer clear of DVD Video players for doing things other than playing DVD Video.</font>