Musical cd plyer under 1k

I second the NAD

I'd second Naim (CD5, CD5i, CD5x) -- with the caveat that they don't do 3-D imaging. Very natural and organic sounding players, though.

I'd third the NAD. NAD is really awesome gear on a budget and they rarely if even have to go in for repair. The easiest days of audio for me were the NAD days.

I also recommend the Nad, its a rock solid performer.

I bought a new Sony 595 SACD player at Best Buy last year. I'm using it until I get my dac, which I will then use for computer usage. I think for the price ($120 new), it sounds very nice. I only have 1 SACD, sounds good, but the other regular cd's sound good also. This is a rather warm player, I hear lots of detail from my cd's, and also is a multi-disc player for convenience. I don't think it's up there with $1,000+ players though. The soundstaging isn't all that great, it's also not real smooth, but for the price, it can't be beat. (IMHO)