Thanks for replying back....the SACD on the P03/D03 is stellar; no argument there! I have the P-03U and the DVD-A (for the few discs I was able to grab before they killed a great format) is also state of the art. I have a hard time imagining "better" when I listen to SACD and DVD-A on the stack but someone will best the setup someday I'm sure as is the nature of such things. Perhaps Esoteric already has with the new D-02 as an alternative :-).
Verrastar video/HDMI cables have proven to be excellent; I can only imagine that their 75-ohm digital cables are excellent as well!