taggart,
partly joking but mostly serious bro. just take this as an example: if your player sounded manipis or do not live up to yor expectation youll end up experimenting, buying things that would possible enhance or improve the sound of your system..... ultimately youll end up spending a whole lot more than getting a cdp (youll be saving a lot more if youll get yourself surplus cdps).
personally, before i had myself a dedicated cdp player, i was using philips 626k dvd player. i didnt quite like the sound so i end up finding ways solving it without buyind a new dedicated player (as i believe back then it is uneccessary and a repititive acquisition) wanted to buy an x10d external dac (as it thought this would solve the problem for me), end up getting a tono pre-amp......... iniatially i thought i had it...... still i end up getting a dedicated cdp.