Recommendations for used cd player


Anyone have any recommendations for a used cd player? Ideally I would buy a wadia 850 or 860 and get a gns refernce upgrade, but that will run me about $4200, which to me is a lot of cash. I have been looking at the rotel 991AE or the EAD ultradisk 2000 - or possibly a muse. I would like to try to keep it in the $1000 or under range, yet still get some great sound. The rest of my system is a batvk5i preamp, levinson 331 amp, innersound eros loudspeakers, luxman pd300 belt drive turntable with grace 747 tonearm and dynavector karat (original) coil cartridge) and lehman black cube phone prestage. I would appreciate any suggestions you guys have. I search audiogon pretty regularly. I'm presently using an ancient sony es player that has just got to go.

Thanks - Scott
scotty_910
I'd better invest into analogue since with $1000 for an upgrade you can do much better than with digital. That's my $.02
Look into the Wadia 830, great sound/cost ratio. One was just listed for $1500 which is a bargain and way way better than what you are going to find at the $1000 level.
Check out a Theta Miles. They show up here every now and again within your budget. Good luck.
I have the Sony XA7ES Class A (app- 35lbs) cdp with XLR Balance outputs, you can trust me on this one,one of the best valued cdp on the used market. the last one sold for $750.00 usually go for $925.00 . I compared this to the Miles no contest.I compared it to the Levinson 39 and they were so close in sound ,the Levinson had a bit more base, and with better cables did prove to be a better player, but 3x the price.I have had mine for 5 years. Believe me for the $1K it is a Buy It Now !!! . One guy wrote a few weeks ago I found a better player than the XA7ES and it was the New Tri-Vista, check the price difference.