I got mine about a month ago, intended as a replacement for an older Philips Bitstream CDC915, right off I was disappointed with the response time it takes to recognize cds. They both took about 2 second or less to switch between discs, but the 795 takes about 5-6 seconds to 'read' the disc, turning off Upsampling and setting the outputs to PCM did not improve response time. The older 915 took about a second to start playing a disc.
Changer mechanism makes about the same amount of noise as the older one, I can hear it from 20' away, but its below 60db. The build looks and feels solid. You cannot change any disc while one plays, the tray comes out almost all the way, unlike the older 915. It sounds pretty good as a cd player, I have not directly compared the digital output vs the analog, but you get output from both at the same time. CDupsampling is variable(none, 48khz, 96khz? and 176khz) and defeatable. I think the upsampling works in all modes, I can hear the difference via the analog outs.
The video quality is very good too. Although layer changes provokes a weird sound and video smearing. All the RCA outputs are gold plated. But you might be turned off by the long delay with recognizing discs, its the same with cds or dvds.
I have only been casually listenning to it the past month so cannot pinpoint its sound character in any detail, plus the rest of my system are undergoing lots of changes at this time. I find I am still using my older 915 for continuous music. I did have my eye on the Denon 380 changer, but its harder to find. I paid 199. , missed the 50$ rebate period by a couple weeks.
Hope this helps...
