I've just put my old Marantz into my system as my VRDS has decided it doesn't want to read discs anymore. New laser on order. Hopefully that will do the trick.
Anyhow, back to the Marantz. For something almost entirely made of plastic it does sound bloody good.
The stereo image just got a bit wider, the bass goes lower and it all sounds just sort of right.
I'll get the vrds back working again and have a bit of a think about which one stays.