Yes, that's why I went with 588. I figured that it's been well established and tuned for RBCDs - and I have hundreds of these. Video is much less important for me - I have a reasonable DVD aleady. DVD-A/SACD is still lacking in good quality titles - I guess when more become available I'll look towards adding a separate player - perhaps upgrading my DVD video at the same time - and see how I get on. In the meantime the 588 works fine through a balanced setup into 502 and 557, feeding B&W Nautilus 805. Would have been nice to wait for the G-series but these are new on market and from what I hear would be more expensive than 588 (for same equivalent). One thing I've learned about this hi fi game is to go for the best unit you can afford that is optimised for most of your listening habits. Getting something that caters for all formats tends to be compromised and ultimately (for me at least) becomes a disappointment (although Meridian are much better than others at producing these boxes). I do think the next 2 years will start seeing higher-quality cheaper mass produced multi-format players but until then I'll carry on with getting the best of what I already own.