Personal CD player evolution


To take a cue from the previous threads 'amp' & 'speaker' personal evolution, I bid you this question...

for me it was a Hitachi small black box circa 1983, bought from a Luskin's discount electronics store (I think I paid around $250), then...

-Yamaha COX-700U (1985 or so, still in use by my father)
-Carver ? model to match a Carver amp I had at the time
-Rega original Planet
-Cary 303/100
-Cary 306/200
128x128pehare
A late developer dragged into the digital age in the late 90's: Ariston player 1997
Copland 266(still used by my son) 2000
Shanling CDT100 2003, heavily modded in 2004
Adcom GCD75(?): Class "D".
Pioneer PD-75: Class "B" transport/Class "C" player.
P.S.Audio Lambda: Class "B".
Sonic Frontiers SFT-1: Class "A".
CEC TL-1X: Class "A".
Oracle CD2000: Never reviewed AFAIK.
Adcom GCD-575(?): Class "D".
Pioneer PD-75: Class "B" transport/Class "C" player.
P.S. Audio Lambda: Class "B".
Sonic Frontiers SFT-1: Class "A".
CEC TL-1X: Class "A".
Oracle CD2000: Never reviewed AFAIK.
Sony ccx 225
Rega Planet
Rega Planet 2000
Sony 555es 5 disk SA player
Jolida A100
Cairn Fog 24/192
Arcam FMJ CD33
Audio Aero Prima mk ii