What is the best analog sounding CD player $2000

Salvatore's recommended components list is a sham.

Take a look at the cdp and other components for the rankings not to mention the products he plans to evaluate.

It's littered with his friends' products.

A Canadian New York Times if you will.

Salvatore's recommended components list is a sham.

Say it ain't so, Bill! What, politics and ass-kissing in the world of high-end reviewing?! Oh, my world is shattered!!! I'm heading out to look for a tall bridge with a heavy amplifier to tie around my ankle....something on Salvatore's list, but I'll have to pick it up on the way to the bridge.

Arthur Salvatore... controversial...yes...wrong??...don't let anyone make up your mind! Read, listen, think and make up your own mind.

http://www.high-endaudio.com/index.html

I stopped looking for an analog cdp when I got a Resolution Audio CD-50 a few years ago. Some very good cdps and dacs have come and gone but they can't beat the CD-50 in the area you're asking for. It's an oldie but a goodie.
You might look at the Resolution Audio Opus 21 for something newer.

Anyone who has long followed threads on Audiogon, Audioasylum, etc., should know that there is never the slightest consensus on any product. One can only be at a loss for why these lists exist. I have just returned from CES and have been in rooms with others hearing the exact same systems and recordings and again heard no consensus. One often sees YMMV which really should be YMWV (your millage will vary). I suspect it is because our ears are not all alike nor our tastes.