A CD PLAYER whose sound quality NOT AFFECTED by the DAC?

I have 3 Marantz cd decks...there built in dac is fine.   

Crutchfield rep said that also: “Can you really HEAR the difference?” 
 

…and who would WANT to? And then… more confusing decisions to have to make, and the comparisons are always on different canvases. I think that it’s all about the looks of machines, ego, and the specs that support it …kinda like thinking the paper on spec sheets has sound?

moose89

I own (3) CD/SACD players and their respective  built-in DAC (s) are very fine.

Happy Listening!

So, I went ahead and bought a Sony DVP-S9000ES. THANK Y’ALL!! 

moose89 

You hit it out of the park with that choice. You will not be disappointed. I own a Sony XA ES model and it is an exceptional experience to play plain old red book CDs on it as well as SACDs Have fun!