CD player with best dynamics?

At this moment I have an ARC CD3 taking the place of my Meridian 506.24 for an extended audition & suggest you give it a listen. Unbelievable music coming from this unit. With the extra 2k you were planning on spending you could buy a few CD's.

I agree with Waltersalas. I own the Electrocompaniet EMC-1 24/192, and it has dynamics in spades, particularly when using Virtual Dynamics power cables. Even my former MIT Z-Cord II power cables couldn't dampen its dynamics.

Thanks for the recommendations. Any opinion on how the Levinson 390S stacks up to these players dynamics-wise?

I found the Levinson more analytical and "hi-fi" than my more-musical and VERY dynamic EMC-1 MkII, as others have noted. I too am breaking in that VD PC and wonder if my first impressions of somewhat more "air" than my DIY Belden 83802 or Harm Tech provided? Sorry to bend the thread....

Naim. Incredibly rhythmic drive and sense of the beat, whether it be classical, rock, opera, jazz. Levinson is more polite, taking a longer view. Wadia is ok. Krell has drive but can be strident and the bass may be too much of a good thing. Accuphase is very refined and inviting, more lyrical than dynamic. Not sure about the other stuff.