The best CD Player for the money

Emotiva ERC-1.
I've owned two Oppo's and the ERC-1 cold smokes both of them.
One was an 83 and when I got the Emotiva, I realized the Oppo was over rated.

Hi Zmanastronomy

Like everything else I guess it depends on your system. I was at listening session with a bunch of veteran audiophiles and we had an Emotiva ERC-1, stock Oppo BDP-83 and some other older Sony CDPs in rotation. The general consensus was ERC-1 was the weakest sounding of the bunch. The ERC-1 is built like a tank but the stock Oppo BDP-83 was thought to the better sounding of the 2.

A CDP/SACD player that I think should be considered here is a Pioneer Elite PD-D9 J.

Yes Jed,
I should have stated "in my system".

I have a freind that was so impressed with the ERC-1 after hearing it compared to my other Oppo's that he bought one for himself.
He was very dissapointed with it in his system.

He and I are always compairing and testing cables and front ends and it's amazing that some thing work in both systems very well and others work in one but not the other.

It's just comformation that Synergy is real.
Have a great day.
John

so far... it is a little $49 Sony PlayStation 1 player that sounds exceptional for the money. Hey, quit rolling your eyes!

I sometimes tie on a little Sony discman for beach or sandpit listening. Vinyl gets too messy and my tapes are waaaayyyy too valuable to see sand.