Cd player

The Cambridge CXC is an excellent budget choice (I have one) if you plan to use the DAC in your preamp...the CXC V1 and V2 are sonically identical, just different color and styling...

Shanling ET3    Transport CD player

Since you already have a DAC, I’d just get a streamer and skip the CD thing all together. You’ll get access to millions of albums for the price of a cd a month. Many of higher resolution than the CD. Get the best you can afford and you’ll be rewarded for life.

streaming is great, but don’t get talked out of getting a nice CD Transport...they can be inexpensive, like the CXC, and lots of fun, with great sonics...and there are now also some real good CD/Streamer combos with good DAC’s built in...

TEAC VRDS-701T sounds like a end game Transport, does anyone have input on that model?

Thanks for all the information so far!!!