On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:47:13 +0900, "corks"
wrote:

It's several times the price of a utility model. It doubtless uses
the same transport. I'd need convincing that the extra few pennies
they spent on the power supply and output circuit (if they did) were
worth it.

well just go a cheapy TEAC then

That would be my advice. I'll pay big money for a musical instrument,
a microphone, a loudspeaker, because I can hear the difference. The
only difference I've ever heard between modern CD players was when one
overloaded the input of a domestic amplifier.