please correct me if i am wrong but using a dvd player with digital out is fine and there would not realy be any appreciable diference between a $300 and a $500 player in reguards to cd audio because the receivers dac will converts the bitstream to analog and what you hear is only as good as the receivers dac, granted a more expensive dvd player may have better internals but i am mostly interested in the $300 vs => $500 question reguard in cd audio quality
thanks