dedicated cd player or dvd-cd


I have a new harman kardon 38 dvd - cd player
using only for audio. sounds bright, a bit thin.
seem to get more bass from an adcom tuner FM?

can I expect much improvement from a audio/ cd only player.
NAD,or recomendations? probably used to start.

Van Alstyne transendance preamp,
Sunfire symphonic reference amp,
Vandersteen 2cis
rmstern
I love my Muse model 9 sig3 DVD and CD both sound amazing and the picture is superb. You could probably pick one up for under $1000.
My Marantz DVD player does pretty well. Running it 2 -channel via external stereo tube DAC drastically changes the sound in a way that will appeal more to tube lovers.

For multi-channel A/V however, the tube DAC I am using will not support other digital formats beyond 2 channel stereo that are multi-channel digital formats out of the DVD player player however. There may be other external DACs that do, not sure about that.
I can recommend the mhdt Paradisea and vouch for many of the good things others have said about it if you do a google search on it.