The best CD Player for the money

Mrtennis made a VERY good point but people can give recommendations then you have to choose based on your taste and several other factors that are important to you.

Raysonic
Marantz
Denon
Onkyo
Rega

just to name a few that I have experience with, are priced right, and sound good to me. research first though

there is no best cd player for the money because there is no best cd player. this maxim applies to all components.

the designation "best", encompasses many variables. the variables and the priority attached to each is a subjective judgement.

without absolute standards/criteria, there is no best anything.

it would be better to use the words "preferred" or "favorite".

i think people looking for guidance should be very careful about following pronouncements as to the "best" anything.

Musical Fidelity A5.

10 pages and not one mention of the Musical Fidelity A5 which is a bargain at twice the price. I have the MF TriVista SACD player and the redbook CD is amazing at $6500 new (used $3000). But the A5 I auditioned might have been better on Redbook.

i am a newbie. whats the redbook means? i has been mentioned lots of times in the threat. thx

I don't know where the name redbook came from but it is a standard cd format. Not high resolution format.

Redbook - in audio - is the name of the digital standard that was set when the CD first came out in 1980 as an invention of Philips, a Dutch company. The resolution is 16 bit with a 44.1Hz sample rate, so equivalent to 1411 kbps.

If you want to know more here is a wikipedia link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Book_%28audio_CD_standard%29

Happy reading!