The best CD Player for the money

Everyone has his opinion on this subject, and what is affordable to one is not to another. I'd like to recommend the very affordable Denon "Audiophile Series" DCD-1650AR, original MSRP $1,000-$1,200, but good used ones are available for half of that. They have "Alpha Processing with Real 20-Bit 4-DAC Advanced Super Linear Converter," 8-Times Oversampling Digital Filter. I have two (one modified, one stock) and have been using one or the other for the past two years. Each one gives date of manufacture on back (both mine are 1999). They sound great, are built like battleships, with serious power supplies (weight 26 lbs. 4 oz.), and work flawlessly. I've owned a number of CD players over the past 20 years, and I think you will have to spend a lot more to beat the sound of one of these.

I am very pleased with my Electrocompaniet EMC 1.
The finish, the feel, the sound are excellent.
Has a professional quality to it.(except the crappy remote)

The Modwright Sony9000esDVP.

This CD Player has literally blown me away. It is soooo analogue sounding (read sounds like music) True at $3995 it's not cheap, but it has stomped everything I've heard under $5000. It was such an improvement over my Audiomeca Keops, that even my wife commented on how much better it sounds to her (this is always a good thing) Besides it's also beautiful to look at and has huge WAF, to boot!

Tcscata,

You didn't say which CD player you have.