CD player closest to vinyl?

I have enjoyed the Lector CDP 0.6t and CDP 7t MkIII. With the right tubes they are very very musical and close to vinyl. YMMV.

Surprised no one has mentioned the Rega players yet. That's exactly why I bought one. I would agree that Naim is very good as well. I have heard interesting things about the tubed models such as PrimaLuna's, but have never had a chance to hear one.

The Resolution Audio CD50 I bought about 8 years ago was good enough to make me sell off my vinyl. It took a couple of years to come to that decision to sell. No regrets.

I recently purchased a factory hot-rodded Theta Compli Blu that is so good it takes my breath away. Taking nothing away from the above mentioned higher priced players, if memory serves me right, my SOTA / Koetsu Rosewood / SME V rig wasn’t even in the same ball park as the Theta.

While they can both be satisfying I agree with Ahendler, they are different mediums and sound different. There are some things that vinyl does that I haven't heard yet with digital, things that are important to me which is present the air and space around massed string instruments and vocals in the manner you hear it live. Having said that I haven't heard too many SOTA players out there but I just can't imagine them doing this in the manner that analog playback does, it is just so apparent.