Best sounding CD player

I loved the AMR cd77.1 when I owned a decade ago and have been trying to achieve that sound quality since.

That is a great CD player for sure, but digital marches on and DACs today are damn good. I’d encourage you to audition some of the newer R2R DACs from Denafrips Pontus ll, Musician Pegasus (that I own), Gustard R26, Mojo, Aqua, etc. And I’d absolutely upgrade the Node as, while not bad for the $$$, will be a big bottleneck to better streaming sound quality if/when you get a better DAC. Just my $0.02 FWIW, and best of luck.

I love my Naim CD player.

i have kept three cd/sacd players (been through well over a dozen serious ones over the years) -- 2 modwrights, one modded sony

the sony is a warren gregoire vsei-modded level 5 sony scd-777-es

the modwrights are dan wright’s marantz sa 8005 and sony xa5400es - both with dan’s tube rectified power supply and 5687 tube output stage

organic yet precise sounding unts, with tonal density, timbral accuracy, excellent impact and terrific soundstaging

gone are units from teac/esoteric, pioneer elite, meridian, cal audio labs, levinson/proceed, audio research, wadia, krell, quad and roksan

I like an Onkyo C-7030.  Kicks serious butt.  Better than a lot of separate DACs.  My opinion.  YMMV.  But it might be worth a test given its cost.