The capabilities of CDP's are constantly changing (improving ?) and players now are vastly better than they were for the first 10 to 15 years. But in the last 10 to 15 years the changes are not so clear and often are offerred at fairly high prices. But CDP's, like all other audio components, have their individual qualities, mostly in tonal matters. There are many variations available.
I can think of no fundamental changes the CD playback which have just appeared in the last 5 years. There are a lot of small and incremental changes of varying value. I'm sure that there are alternatives to the Arcan FMJ23 that someone would prefer, as with everything else, but if you have no problems with the Arcam and, for example, can not think of anything you want to change or improve about it, save your money until it dies. Sit back and enjoy what you have.
I can think of no fundamental changes the CD playback which have just appeared in the last 5 years. There are a lot of small and incremental changes of varying value. I'm sure that there are alternatives to the Arcan FMJ23 that someone would prefer, as with everything else, but if you have no problems with the Arcam and, for example, can not think of anything you want to change or improve about it, save your money until it dies. Sit back and enjoy what you have.