CD Transports

List of transports:

CD JVC XL-Z1050TN   $275   used   Top line player in 1990
CD Emotiva CD-100   $299       CD Player so-so, as a transport great - Positive Feedback Julies 1st sytem, Don Lindich says great sound and as transport
CD Pioneer DV-09   $450   used  
CD Pioneer BDP-09FD   $450   used  
CD Marantz CD6006   $499   new  
CD Cambridge Audio CXC   $500       2015 What HiFi awards
CD Audiolab 8200CD   $500   used   2014 What HiFi awards
CD Audiolab 6000CD   $549   new   HiFiChoice 2019
SACD Oppo UDP-203   $549   new  
SACD Lexicon RT-20   $650   used  
SACD Arcam UDP411   $650   used  
SACD Marantz SA14S1   $650   used   Reference
CD Sony XA7ES   $700   used   Best Sony in 09 $3k new
SACD Oppo BDP-105   $725   used  
CD Audio Academy DDS Pro CD   $800   used  
SACD Arcam DV139   $800   used   Best Arcam made, was $3500 new, converts DSD to PSM
CD Cyrus   CD t   $900       2015 What HiFi awards
CD/DVD PS Audio PerfectWave Transport PWT   $1-2k   refurb/used  
SACD Marantz SA8005   $1,199   new  
SACD Esoteric DV-50   $1,200   used   great build, $5.5k new, bargain used
SACD Oppo UDP-205   $1,299   new  
CD Simaudio Moon 260D   $1,999   new   optional DAC +$1000, TAS recommended
SACD Ayre C-5xeMP   $2,000   used   JA reference. Almost as good as $23,500 dCS Rossini Transport
CD CEC TL3N Mutine Edition   $2,000      
CD CEC TL3N   $2,000   new https://positive-feedback.com/Issue75/cec_tl3n.htm PositiveFeedback
CD Cyrus   CD Xt SE2   $2,375       2015 What HiFi awards, terrific buy
SACD Marantz SA14S1   $2,499   new   Reference
CD CEC TL5N   $3,400   new   Hifi Pig - overwhelmed, extremely good value
CD Ayon CD-3sx   $8,100       CD Player/DAC/Preamplifier - tube sounds great, no SACD
SACD T + A PDP3000HV + DAC   $22,500       CD/SACD/DAC , TAS recommended

Don't ask - I've got a 100+ tab spreadsheet of audiophile components I've discovered while researching my bucket list first high-end system purchase

jab,
No I’m not saying that the rotel is equal to the sim audio moon360D, I’m saying you can pick up a used 360D for around $1,000.00 I have both of these CD players and the 360D is by far better, but for around $700.00 you can get the Rotel RCD-1572, which is better than the CXC player.

For me,the best CEC , Esoteric and Ear. Had a Luxman sacd  D-06 and he disappointed me.

I'll second the audiolab 6000cdt as well as the Marantz HD-cd1. I own both and they are of equal quality as a transport. I switch them out now and then and they both run into a v90 dac by musical fidelity which sounds terrific and is also on stereophile A list. 

A couple of other things to consider which may, or may not matter to you but should be taken into account.

1) A remote. Does it have one? is it a flimsy, plastically, cluttered, poorly laid out affair or something that has been well designed in a solid, metal case with useful, but uncluttered features? 

2) The display. Is it legible at your listening position? Does it contain the information you feel is important or is it cluttered with too much unimportant data? Is it dimmable or can it be turned off? Does it clash with the displays on your other components?

3) The case. Is it a weighty, all metal case that "feels" like a quality piece our is it a plastic lightweight? Does it have an appearance that is pleasing and compatible with your other components.

Again, if sound quality and reliability are all that you care about, then these things don't matter. However, not giving such things consideration could detract from what would otherwise be a satisfactory purchase.
J. Chip