Looking for a CD Player

To answer questions and to say one hell of an education.  I spent 30 plus years working on the development of highly classified jets  - I can tell you that with the electronics onboard the US can darken a city in seconds with the highly sophisticated electronics which would not only end streaming but a hell of a lot more damage.  As a pilot I can tell you that the US can bring the darkness to a city.  Worry about streaming  - gone will be all communications  so rest assured music would not be of a concern....

As for my system a basic two channel system - listening to B.B. King on a awesome CD but that could end with a ZAP of Electronic Warfare.

I complain to my wife that my car's GPS system sucks from look ahead, to range, to North up to cursor driven maps - my wife's comment   ----- this is not a multi-million dollar jet.  

But I have learned so much about transports, to DACs, to streaming that all I can say is THANK YOU for taking time out out of your day to provide an enormous amount of information that I will need to disseminate  - BUT - that is what makes this forum invaluable. 

As for raising some individuals back hairs - all was meant as a different perspective on the subject matter. 

And that is what life is all about a different perspective...

Smerk aka PrettyBoy

I just purchased an anniversary edition Denon A110 SACD player (for regular CDs, not the SA variety) and I’m super excited to do CD listening again! To each their own! I’m keeping my Apple Music subscription, too.

Having owned OPPO, Denon and Luxman CD players I now have found sonic nirvana with the McIntosh MCD600.

Absolutely sublime sound. Touch of warmth in the upper bass.

OP, like you my only source is a CD player.

It's over your budget, but I think it's worth it.

You don't need SACD capability, but it's nice to have that option. The MCD600 plays regular CDs and SACDs.

CD players always have an internal DAC. A transport is a CD player without the DAC.