6000 dollars CD player

faust168

You could not go wrong with Accuphase or Esoteric. Keep me posted.

Happy Listening!

Jafant

I listened to the Estoric N-05XD on dealer's site together with Brumeister 077 pre, Accuphase A46 and Brumeister speaker  B18.
The sound of Beggar's Opera (2nd song in CD of the streaming in Harmonica Muti), the guitar is sweet, good shape, project a scale in it's size, detail with air finish.  And then, change the N-05xd to Estoric K03xd which said to use the same DA. But the sound is different as you can aware.  I make a phone call to the distributor, the engineer staff said that though the DA is the same in structure, but the parts is a bit different and the K03XD is older products. The N05xd is brand new. That makes the difference in sound reproduction. The price of the 2 difference around US$2000.  Certainly , I prefer N-05xd sound more. But since I am short of CD player, I might be forced to take CP value into consideration. 

We would buy 2 Rotel cd14 CD players, and a Rotel cd1572 CD player. And search for a couple pio elite dv-79avi, and a dv58 or 59 as well. 
Still have cash for music and beer. 
   That’s me. 6K is a boatload of money. 
    The Bryston is a wicked player as well, and still have a couple K to buy music or cables. 

faust168

Right On! Keep me posted on your CP search.

Happy Listening!

Realize this is an older thread and SACD in focus - but as a side note, I would look for a used Spectral SDR-4000 CD player, either the SV or SL. They are $20K new but I see them used in the $6K-$7K range. If you have a large CD collection, you will be glad you did - it makes standard Redbook CDs sound incredible. I heard one a few years back compared to a full four box dCS SACD stack - same disc, same amp, same speakers and cables - and that single box sounded better to everyone in the room, and I bought the demo unit that same day.  To be fair, dCS has likely improved their technology since then, and I had never heard anything better than dCS sound quality up to that point. But given the vast price difference, the Spectral was/is a great value.