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Best Basic CD Player (no SACD, USB, etc.)

Hey guys! Old dude here! My Panasonic SL-PJ316 CD player took a dump after years of faithful service. I started looking around for a replacement only to discover CD players with price tags into the thousands of dollars!! WTH??  Ok, I know there is SACD, USB, bluetooth, etc. BUT, I am not going to try and re-purchase my entire CD collection of almost 40 years to buy a SACD player. And, from what I've read, the USB, streaming lot seems to cause problems in certain players. ALL I need is a high quality, basic CD player that won't cost thousands of dollars. Any suggestions? Yamaha? NAD? Marantz? I'm "all ears". Thanks, for the advice. Best regards, Rob

shutupuface
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kobebar
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It's hard to find but if you can get an Anthem CD1 Tube CD Player.  The sound is fantastic especially if you upgrade the tube unit to a german one, plays far better than anything near its cost range. Holds 6 CDs, and gives the music such depth you'd think it was an album playing, it's that good. 

grislybutter
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@curtdr right, Marantz is such an embarrassing brand, they pretty much invented hifi.... :)

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jbuhl
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Rotel CD 11 over on TMR 

NAD 568 on TMR

 

USAUdiomart:

Rotel 1570

Rega Apolo 

Rotel CD14

 

 

vthokie83
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Shutupuface,

The Onkyo C-7030 is a great CD player at $300. I just replaced mine about 9 months ago with an Audiolab 6000CDT at $600, but it us just an amazing transport.....requires a separate DAC. 

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arcticdeth
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I enjoyed the Yamaha cds300 a 2 years ago, has a great sound, but the skipping, and the audio silence between songs, if i remember, if a song flows into another, it will have a silence between songs,...it was strange, but was a great sounding player.

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