Are you sure???
If so, I'd better run and get that neglected super cheap little Sony CD/DVD Player DVP-SR200P that's been relegated to the Salamander rack with my HT stuff (a place I rarely go!). I only purchased it to play DVD's that I used to get from Netflix, remember those days?
So to be clear, are you guys saying this little crappy Sony player will sound better than the Sony ES CDP I had in the early '90's?
For what it's worth.....a couple of years ago a friend and I compared a late '80s Soundesign cd player, an early to mid '90s Sony ES cd player, a 2001 JVC cd changer (~$170), and a 2006 Denon dvd player (~$600). We used three different copies of the same cd and took turns operating things while the other guy listened blind.
We agreed that the Sony ES sounded best, that the JVC and Denon sounded about the same as each other, and that the Soundesign sounded worst. We also agreed that the difference from best to worst was minute.