It really depends on your system/room. I'm using Quad amplification, which is on the warm side, and large floorstanding speakers in a medium-sized, carpeted room with a fair amount of furniture. The Densen being on the slightly lean side is therefore not a bad thing for me (especially as I don't listen to much bass-heavy music anyhow). Its midrange clarity is of more interest to me!
Oh, and I tried the Copland for a while - fantastic-sounding player, but a real pig to live with. The interface drove us mad after a while, so that moved on....