Personal CD player evolution

Just got back into the hobby 5 years ago and bought a Meridian 504-20. Right now I am eagerly awaiting the delivery (late June) of an APL 3910.

--> Kenwood(don't even remember the model)
--> Sony prtble cd driving the amp via line-level output
--> Marantz cc-67 5-disc cd changer
--> Music Hall CD-25 modded by Sound Odyssey
--> Bel Canto DAC2 with Sony S7700 as a transport
--> Audio Research CD3 MkII

Tvad, if I had only known that you traded in your APL 3910 for the Exemplar 3910 it might have sped up my choice, as well, on the Exemplar. After all, you were so happy with your APL. Maybe it was the other way around? You made the switch after I purchased my Exemplar? I would love to know your impressions. Do you know what is going on with Alex now? I believe major (exciting) changes are under way. thanks in advance....warren :)

I guess in reality I have only had one real CDP, but these other things were used to play CDs so I guess they count.
some JVC 5 Disc - still in attic I think
Toshiba DVD player - traded for food sealer
Denon 2900 - still used for DVD and SACD
Musical Fidelity A5

Dates are estimated:
1986 Sony single disk player (yuck)
1989 Adcom GCD-575
1996 Added Audio Alchemy DDE 3.0 DAC, DTI-Pro (wow)
2000 Replaced Adcom with MicroMega T-Drive 2 transport
2002 Replaced MicroMega with AA DDS-Pro transport (wow)
2004 BAT VK-D5se (wow)