The best CD Player for the money

I would like to give my vote to the Arcam FMJ-CD23. Great,Great sounding machine. And pleasant to look at. I agree with Yeast, the Brits get digital right. I had the chance to listen to my friends Meridian and was looking for one used when I came across an Arcam dealer in my area and was able to audition one in my home.Just like the reviewer in Stereophile , I bought the review model. The dealer made the new unit more of a frelling bargain by selling it to me at demo price. It's a perfact match for my Lev.#383. That was how it was set up at the dealer. Now I'm not saying the Arcam is better than the Lev.#39 or the Meridian, but with the dCS ring DAC on board and the new chassis,mother board, and added power supply it is a beautiful player. I found NO need to spend the extra money. Peace and good listening.

no dealer mark up. When we decided to import it, we could have price the first model like the Planet at $800 by setting up a dealer network, but instead wasnetd to keep it as low as possible, make less money, but get it into more hands of more people.

The Planet, in the UK, sells for about the same as the Tjoeb. Every European product goes up 30-200% when it is exported. Try buying a CJ or Krell in Europe. It costs.

The Planet 2000 is $950. The Tjoeb is $579 loaded with Supercrystal and Noisekiller.

I agree with Yeast107. New is not necessarily better. I don't have near his first hand experience with cd players but would like to contribute this. I use a Wadia 6. This cd player is 8 years old. Built like a tank. Teac VRDS transport, 20bit, 32 times oversample rate. Sounds incredible IMO. Can be a little forward direct to amp on some older recordings. But on music that is recorded well and these recent remasters, it blows me away. My advice, buy an older cd player manufactured by one of the established big name companies (Meridian, Levinson, Wadia, etc). Look for one that was near or top of the line in its' time and is upgradable. Listen to it and enjoy! If you don't like the sound have it upgraded by manufacturer or the cd player upgrade genius everybody raves about(I forget his name). Or use it as a transport and add a modern DAC This is the way I approached my cd player purchase.

Depends on what other eqmt & cables you are using. I like the Electrocompaniet EMC-1 or Bat VK-D5SE cd players.

I would like to weight in by suggesting on the Arcam cd-23 FMJ. Incredable performance for about 2K. I have mine on a set of symposium rollerblocks. Great resolution, detail, and imaging.