Best sounding CD player

I’ve got a Parasound Halo CD1 which I’ve found to be a very sweet piece of equipment. Crystal clear, great dynamics — both highs and lows. It only plays redbook CDs (no SACD, etc.) but I use my Oppo for those. 

Parasound doesn’t make the CD1 any longer but if you can find a used one, I’d encourage you to check it out.

@mikempls - That was a super interesting piece of kit. Built in PC board to do some pretty advanced stuff.

Interestingly, the Mytek Empire DACs seem to take this idea to an extreme, with dual Intel i7 motherboards. No idea if it sounds good but if you want a DAC with large amounts of compute power that's a good option.

Luxman D-10X...Think of it as a SOTA dac and top notch proprietary transport... in one outstanding superbly designed and sounding package!

My Audiolab 6000 cdt coupled with my Schiit Gungnir has been my current and best sounding CD playback to date.

If I could afford one of the Luxman players, I would go for it. In the mean time, the Rotel 1572 running Balanced into my Luxman sounds very good.