Best Used CD Player Under $500?

Ok, my turn to recommend my favorite sub $500 player. A used Jolida JD100. There ya go......so far, five different players that all sound different :-)

Isn't it funny how the same players keep getting the same recommendations, from the same users, over and over again.

Now I'm waiting for the Playstation 1, with $450 in mods, to be mentioned.

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Thanks for the reminder Rooski. Aside from being a tad light in the bass, the Playstation 1 - the one with the RCA outs - smoked my Rega Jupiter 2000. Picked it up used for $35. at a game store. Although it is kinda funky using the controller to play the thing. Check out the review in Stereophile online.

Get an Oppo BDP-83 either new ($500) or used (~ $450). The CD playback is fine and your friend will also be able to play back DVD-Audio and SACDs, both of which are sonically superior to CDs. He'll also get HDCD playback as a bonus...

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Anything Sony ES. The 707SE can be had for around $350. Check out some of the threads, though, there was one recent model of SACD player that had a lot of reliability problems.