Good entry level cd?

Cambridge CD players are good at this price range used.

There is a great deal on an Oppo 980H right here on Audiogon. This unit punches WELL above it's weight and will give you universal capabilities as well as a stunning picture. For $120, pretty hard to beat that Oppo...Spend the other $150 or so of your budget on some nice cables and some isolation devices...

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Used Music Hall CD-25.

Michael

You could probably pick up a used NAD C-542 in the $200-300 range.

In your shoes, I'd save a few more dollars and wait until a Rega Planet 2000 was available here. There's one for $650, which puzzles me a bit. Apollos are going for a few dollars more than that.

If you need something immediately, I agree with the players mentioned here. An original Planet would probably sound better, but they're a bit old and transport mechanisms only last for so long.