The best CD Player for the money

I have had the Rotel RCD 1072 (MSRP $700) and a NAD T585 (uni. player)($1199). The Rotel never gave me any trouble. The rather new (to me) NAD has trouble with hybrid SACDs now (read errors), but plays CDs fine. After living with both for some time and inspecting the interiors, I thought the Rotel a more solidly built piece of the two; note the price points.

"Stonedtemplepilot
why do you want to invest in stoneage technology ? moving parts, vibration damping, CD cleaning ....

look into Cambridge Dacmagic, Logitech Duet, Peachtree, Linn Majik DS, Weiss DAC 2, Prism Orpheus"

Reply to old thread: I can't help but smile with your reference to "stone age technology" (exaggeration for emphasis understood) when I see you have a tube amplifier. With your love of "new technology" surprised you don't have D-class amp. Hilarious.

find a deck w/the features you like then take to a tech and hell do things that will blow you away

The Sony XA5400ES...brilliant!!

Need a paired DAC and CD player. Get a DAC that can feed the power amp, bypassing/eliminating the pre-amp. Just because it can drive the power amp, does not mean it is built to work that way. Check the impedance to make sure it is a good fit.