Best CD player now made.

I just wish that those who stated "the best that I've heard" identify specifically what they have heard. Otherwise it sounds like joke. I would also be very interested in particularities. For example: "best” because it has more energy or more musical or more details or more transparent etc. The most fare way to respond would be to say - in my system which consist of so and so I prefer this player because it sounds more transparent, musical, dynamic, etc then so an so which I have heard before in my system.
I'm always wondering how people could say what is "the best" even in the same system. For a year or so I'm playing with two very well known DACs in the same system which I own, to the point when gold on the connectors begin to show ware of, and I still wouldn't be able to say that one of them is "the best” from those two or even that one is better then another. Each of them has pros and cons, plus it also depends on what CD you play at the moment. So, what is it all about?

if below US$10,000....(not sure exactly about the price pts) I would recommend Reimyo, the new dCS P8i, Aero Capital Mk2 with the upgrades, and Wadia 861. Personally for just redbook among the above Reimyo was the best for me.

Jthayer,
I have previous top ALPHA model Arcam 6 (1996) and to my dismay it easly outperformed my new SONY SACD (9000ES), Arcam's are a good deal. They are so musical.

I like the Arcam cd33,its very clean sounding,amd after listening to for a few weeks I feel if you dont have decent stuff around it you wont hear how good it can sound at all.Very transparent.

Any Accuphase CD player.

Open, Musical with natural detail. Good as analog. I own analog also and this is one of the few CD players I could listen to for a long period of time.