The best CD Player for the money

Dbld, how about my APL Denon 3910 in this comparison? I am that confident. In fact, Ori(Oritek Audio-X-2 interconnects, and Zhalou modded DAC) wants to hear it. I am not necessarily confident in comparison to other cd players, although in a way I am. I am confident in comparison to analog(circa 1992 Linn, Ekos, Archiv, Mana Sound Table, Lingo). Does that tell you something?

Mmakshak - I mention those players above because they are all less that 1 hour from me...well John is a little less than one hour from me, and the others are about 15 minutes. I don't know that there is an APL nearby, but that would be very welcome.

Actually getting this to happen might be a pipe-dream though...

Regarding vinyl...I am just not into that kind of maintenance and don't have the storage space. Starting a completely new collection of music media from scratch doesn’t appeal to me either.

I guess I am just lazy-

Dbld, Alex moved to Dixon(near Sacramento). I'm sorry, but I don't think what you've proposed is competive with my APL Denon 3910 with Volex power cord(17604?). Just don't ask me why, as I don't understand. I do have my APL on a Bright-Star prototype 3 isolation platform, and use an Oritek X-2 interconnect. I'de be extremely suprised if the players you recommend are in the same ballpark.

It sure would benefit these discussions if manufacturers & modders stuck to one identity.

It's nice to see a modder here with more confidence than Alex. Let the games begin!