I've read reviews of the 333 and 777 as well as the 555, all of which seemed to get more or less better reviews for redbook than the 222, but I got a great deal on the 222 used (in near new condition), and the 555 was a bit more than I wanted to spend at the time. I haven't heard the 2000, so I...
Comparing it to my 2900, the 222 is a better SACD player. Not sure where you're getting your info, but it's not a bad player at all. At first I though it only had basic bass management, but after messing around with it for a while, I found it's unusual setup capabilty to work quite well. For...
I have the 222ES, and I don't find it noisy at all. I think they may be talking about the drawer mechanism, which IS noisy when changing discs, almost alarmingly so. It's a loud clunk, I thought mine was broken the first time I heard that, but others report the same thing and no problems. During...