Advice requested re CD player!
 

So I have upgraded all the components in my 2 channel system recently.The only thing left is the CD player.Replacing a 20 year old Sony ES 5 disc carousel unit.Still sounds pretty good.

My budget I know is "low" for this forum but I would like to keep it between $400-1K.

Not thrilled with the Rega player as it does not fit ergonomically into my audio rack.

Right now I'm considering the Marantz CD 6006 the cheaper 5005 or if I can get my dealer to give me some discount maybe the Musical Fidelity M3scd.

Don't care for Cambridge audio.

My dream CD player would be either a Bryston or MCIntosh player.My amp is the McIntosh MA 252.Also have the Musical fidelity MX dac(very nice!)

Any other alternatives in the 'Low/mid price" category?
Thanks all!

Gabe

Nuprime CDT-9 Pro, transport only with upsampling engine.

ask and you shall receive .........Rotel RCD-1572, so long as you don't need SACD playback, it is (IMO) one of the best sub 1k players out there, yes I'm biased, I love mine in a second system that I have

http://www.rotel.com/product/rcd-1572

I have a Marantz 8005 sacd player with built in Dac that's quite good for less than 1000.00 dollars.

I needed a player in your price range a few years ago and this is what I picked up. Very solid machine for it's low price imo https://emotiva.com/products/erc-3

If Oppo isn't sold out, their 203 is a great SACD player for sub-$1000. The 800X from Marantz is also an excellent piece for the $$.

X2 - Oppo would be great and you could add a DAC at a later time.

After a lot of research, I did this when I was in your position. One of the few w balanced outputs. Built like a tank. Nice sound quality.

Decision made.....I ordered the Marantz CD 6006.

Considered the Emotiva ERc-Nice, but disadvantages to me were weight, the auto play, no random or delete feature nor a USB A slot for an iPod.Those features are included with the Marantz.Also my dealer gave an 15% discount off the $499 price of the CD6006.

So I think anyone considering this should attempt to deal a bit for it....

I have owned Marantz in the past and apart from the mediocre HEOS streaming software, their components were solid and sounded good.

I will evaluate what transpires with the future of "audiophile" recorded formats before I can consider a top notch CD player from McIntosh or Bryston.

Thanks everyone for the advice!

Gabe

So, this will probably be a transitional CD until some new affordable format is developed or becomes easy to use .

Otherwise I'll hope for a long lost relative to leave me enough money to cover the esoteric stuff I dream about....

Thanks again for everyone's advice!I take it seriously!

Gabe