Denon is one of the rare audio brands that continued to actively develop Hi-Fi components and accumulate refine and pass down Hi-Fi audio technologies. The DCD-1600NE focuses on achieving the essence of a disc player: ultra-high precision in reading discs and supplying high-quality audio signals to the amp. To achieve this the signal paths are as short as possible and the whole circuitry is minimised. The engineers also redesigned the disc drive mechanism brackets and the chassis to eliminate vibration the great enemy of disc players and achieve ultra-vibration-resistant performance.