Which warm sounding cd player for under $400?

Thanks Eric. I just recently looked at your system and saw that you have a Yamaha CDX-410u. I have a CDX-910u and boy did it sound awful. Although it image better, everything else was harsh and thin to me so I went back to the NAD.

Highend,

Do as I say, not as I do (as my stepfather used to say)! I've spent the last couple of years trying to extract my modded CD player from Stan Warren, who seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth. That was to have been my replacement, and would have (I believe) sounded better than any of the players we're discussing here. As it is, I'm back to the drawing board myself.

Best of luck, and enjoy your music!

Cordially,

Eric

original Rega Planet for around $350 used.

You might consider a modded Toshiba 4960.
You can buy the unit for $100, it is a universal player and the mods are $300. It looks like a few guys are doing the mods and use a similar process.
Supposedly sounds very nice.
I am considering this myself as a way to try out SACD also.
I am not affiliated with any vendor FYI.

Again thanks for the responses.

Shoe, its been a long time since I talked to you.