I acquired the dcd-3000 on an audio trade that seemingly worked to my opponents advantage.he said and concluded that the unit had a problem reading so he traded it.I opened the unit and cleaned the eye and the issue persisted. After further analysis and a narrowing of the issue,the unit does not acknowledge homemade cds,some not all.so I now have a great player and the issue was not mechanical it was user negligence.

Build very solid, excellent digital outputs and transport. If used with its own DAC it has an excellent sound (definition and transparency).

None for its price.

This model is hard to find. It has the same electronics as the Denon DCD-S10 (identical specifications), but a different Chassis. Great sound and a top-notch transport if you have a outboard DAC. There are also digital inputs for its ALPHA processor if you like to connect your Minidisc or any other recorder.

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Onkyo 7911, Musical Fidelity A3.

I bought a demo-ex a while ago for half of the original price.I have already decided to buy DCD-1550 but when I compared them side by side
the DCD-3000 is much warmer och got more presence. I was told that DCD-3000 is
an DCD-S10 in another box. It has balanced output and also have coaxial/optical digital output and also optical/coaxial digital input!!
I must try to listen to my DAT through the DCD-3000's D/A.
The nearest companion today is DCD-1650 (3000 is slightly better).

Oh, I almost forgot....when comparing the cd's I used NAD's Silver-line
series power-amp and pre-amp with...I think it was DALI Evidence.

extremely detailed, smooth response; a warm, musical sound. The user interface (w/remote) is outstanding. Build quality is very good.

None to date.

I replaced an aging dcd1520 with the 3000. It uses the electronics of the S10. For me, it compares quite favorably with CDP's 3 times the cost and in many cases is better. That's a lot of value when you can pick this up used for <$500.

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Denon, Myryad tested.