Very airy sounding player under 1K used?

the arcam fmj 23 is a nice player.

Going to add to more to the list :

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?dgtlplay&1247232933

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?dgtlplay&1246379527&/Audio-Aero-Prima-24/192-silver

By "very open airy sound", I'll take that to be transparent.
I owned the Naim cd5x, which I really liked but it wasn't transparent in that it has a small soundstage. Also had a Cambridge 840, which plays way beyond it's price point and I can highly recommend. From my limited experience your amp and speakers will have a bigger effect on transparency.

I am also looking at the raysonic cd128.

My components will be.

Gallo 3.1's speakers
manley snapper mono's
bel canto pre3

That is a very nice set-up, The raysonic should be great.
Good luck.

My opinion will via you off course but I must excuse and state that power cables, inteconnects, and speakers hold an important key to get the airy sound as well.

As for CDP, I think you're better luck with most Japanese and American CDP's for the airy sound. Rega Apolo has a very deep and rich warm sound; "The England sound". Is that what are you chasing after?
Goodluck and keep us posted.