Best Basic CD Player (no SACD, USB, etc.)


Hey guys! Old dude here! My Panasonic SL-PJ316 CD player took a dump after years of faithful service. I started looking around for a replacement only to discover CD players with price tags into the thousands of dollars!! WTH??  Ok, I know there is SACD, USB, bluetooth, etc. BUT, I am not going to try and re-purchase my entire CD collection of almost 40 years to buy a SACD player. And, from what I've read, the USB, streaming lot seems to cause problems in certain players. ALL I need is a high quality, basic CD player that won't cost thousands of dollars. Any suggestions? Yamaha? NAD? Marantz? I'm "all ears". Thanks, for the advice. Best regards, Rob

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It's Rega Apollo.  In the scope of price, performance, reliability, it's Rega.  At this very moment I'm listening to it push music through about 27K of downstream equipment and it is not outclassed as a transport. 

Two options  old Marantz CD-94 or buy and old Cary SACD 306 and send it to me for an upgrade.  Upgrade works on the redbook not the SACD and then it becomes magical.