Best CD player under $2000


I have enough cd’s to justify a new or newer one, just not home through the week to invest in streaming. Current player is a Myryad Z-122 nice little unit that has served me well. Using a Jolida FX Glass Tube DAC at the moment.
micthurst
cayin CD17 Mark 2, @ $1500 includes ship, I have Mark 1 performs flawless past 17 years. Built like a  tank, sings like a  angel, can be heard on my YT uploads.
@mozartfan Are you listening to the Cayin’s 17 year old DAC or using the Cayin as a transport?
RE: Tidal is lossless.  Well, not really.  Tidal and other streaming services, must compress to fit a lot of channels into a small stream.  Maybe after they compress and otherwise modify the bits and bytes, they don't change the signal, but I have never heard a streaming service that compares to the best in home sources, at least on good recordings.  IMnsHO, anyone who touts such has not heard a really good system.
Go with the flow .Unless you spend $2,000 you won't  be happy. Does that mean anything  that cost $200 is a piece of garbage? All I can say is you don't  have to be an audiophile  if you not rich.I feel sorry for the guy who has to spend $2000 ,5,000,10,000 because these guys are never happy.Even when there system has $500,000 speakers ,and cost a million or more .. .LOL .
danvignau
RE: Tidal is lossless. Well, not really.
That's probably technically true, because of Tidal's reliance on MQA.
Tidal and other streaming services, must compress to fit a lot of channels into a small stream.
Oh no, that's mistaken. Qobuz, for instance, is hi-res and completely uncompressed.
I have never heard a streaming service that compares to the best in home sources, at least on good recordings. IMnsHO, anyone who touts such has not heard a really good system.
Perhaps you should go back and check your streamer and DAC settings, because - as you state - you're somehow listening to compressed audio.