Decided to change my cd player, suggestions please?

I was in the market for a new CD Player last year after my Cambridge Audio went south. I’ve got a Bryston BDA-1 DAC and tried using my Oppo as a transport but it just didn’t sound anywhere near as good as the Cambridge Transport and Bryston DAC.
When I decided to get a new CD player I planned to just get something less expensive and use my old DAC. I tried several "Transports" including an Emotive but ended up getting a Simaudio Neo260D with the optional $1000DAC card installed. When I listened to the DAC in the 260D, it simply blew me away how much better it sounded compared to the Bryston. I sold the Bryston and bought the Simaudio with the optional DAC installed at the factory.
You can’t beat the quality, warranty and trade-up policy Simaudio offers.
Yes, an Esoteric might edge it out but without a long factory warranty it’s an expensive boat anchor IMHO if something breaks. Why do you think there are so many for sale?
Try to find a Simaudio 260D used....not likely unless the owner is trading up to a 650D or something even more exotic and costly.
I’m using a Simaudio 700i amplifier with Focal Sopra2 speakers and the sound is just magic. Very musical with tremendous air, and 3D transparency that almost sounds like analog. Almost!...
Check out the TAS review and others available online.

i had decided to give an ayon cd7 an inhome trial for 15 days and see how that goes, simaudio players I have looked at but the ones I have seen in my price range did NOT have balanced xlr outputs?
not sure if the 260d does or its price, will have to research that
thank you

I will be picking up my ModWright Marantz player next week and will post my impressions.  I have also been a fan of Dan's work and this will be my third player and I will be looking forward to some Tidal steaming via the usb input to the DAC.  

"I will be picking up my ModWright Marantz player next week and will post my impressions."

Looking forward to that goose.

Best to you,
Dave 

BTW, it is very easy to test 2 CD players.  Make 2 copies of some test music and set one up to play a few seconds ahead of the other one.  Switch back and forth.

You can use a Tape In if your remote doesn't have dedicated buttons for all sources.

Enjoy - I think you will find that a blind test doesn't show a lot of differences.