Slot, tray, or top load?

I owned the top-loading McCormack Digital Drive SST-1 for quite awhile and while I have no idea if there’s any sonic advantage, the act of setting the CD into place, putting the magnetic puck on top and sliding the cover shut was a much more satisfying experience than pushing a button, dropping a CD onto the tray and pushing the button again.

rockadanny +1

But do think about what soix said, too.

Top loader for the win

Like Soix said, ripping the music to files is the way forward, along with music files that are downloaded.

Asking a question about which type of CD player and getting answers favoring streaming is like being on a car forum and someone asks which brand of clutch plates work best for a certain situation and some of the answers say to get a car with an automatic.

All the best,
Nonoise