An old technology which relevance to good sound never gets old. You want your CD to sound good, get one of these: after listening to Tidal MQA, HiFi, flack and DSD; this player produces a much desired sound. I've never owned a Marantz Rubi, nor any hi end cd player: I did owned the Matrix Audio X Sabre Pro, an excellent Dac; this cd player it's nice!
Add said ( beautiful ) tested and working. Got to my home , I put a clean cd and the laser skipped. Tried several cds , and same skipping. Took to my tech and confirmed laser was bad. I am now into more funds on this player as I had to purchase a new 100 laser.