Everything is relative. As I oft say, audiophiles are prone to making declarations such as the ones you just made, I.e., that somehow modern players are superior by buffering, etc. While it may be true that some CD players are more innovative than others in dealing with these issues or other issues, all modern players don’t address the issues I mentioned, especially the scattered light issue.
I hate to judge too harshly but I don’t think any CD player manufacturer has even mentioned scattered light is a problem much less offers a solution. Self inflicted CD wobble and flutter is another issue very few manufacturers mention. The Green Pen is an example of a partial solution. Isolation is also a partial solution. Other older players stabilized the CD - e,g., Sony SACD PLAYER used a brass weight to hold the disc firmly, so that idea’s not new. It should be mentioned that a relatively inexpensive Tweak for an existing player must be weighed against great expensive of a “modern player,” assuming the modern player even addressed the problems, which it probably doesn’t.
I hate to judge too harshly but I don’t think any CD player manufacturer has even mentioned scattered light is a problem much less offers a solution. Self inflicted CD wobble and flutter is another issue very few manufacturers mention. The Green Pen is an example of a partial solution. Isolation is also a partial solution. Other older players stabilized the CD - e,g., Sony SACD PLAYER used a brass weight to hold the disc firmly, so that idea’s not new. It should be mentioned that a relatively inexpensive Tweak for an existing player must be weighed against great expensive of a “modern player,” assuming the modern player even addressed the problems, which it probably doesn’t.