I have mentioned I own and am blown away by the Audiolab 6000 CDT, BUT, the OP asked about PLAYERS. I am surprised that no one has mentioned the Project DS3 MSRP $899.00
I had a Oppo 105 which over time I replaced the crappy PS with a LPS, upgraded the IEC with Furutec which had a sliver tail to the PS board, bypassed the 110/220 switch, all to great affect, but it didn't hold a candle to my 6000 CDT using the built in dac in my Audio Alchemy DDP-1 with optional PS5 power supply