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Thanks for the responses. I've been mulling it over and feel that a dedicated CD player will better suit my needs. I have a Denon universal for my basement setup and can use it for my SACD/DVD-A content. The upstairs 2 channel setup that I'm discussing here will be fine with a CD only player as the vast majority of my music is CD and probably will remain that way for a long time. Sooooo... the question now is what sort of dedicated CD player would you recommend for 1000 to 1500+ CAD?

I just pciked up a Musical Fidelity Xray V3 CD and the X10 Tube Output Stage Buffer. They were demos at my hifi shop. I have to say that I'm extremely happy.

I'd never heard of a tube buffrer and asked for it to be hooked in out of curiosity more than anything else. The difference was immediate, significant but subtle. Not sure how to describe it but the individual instruments and vocals popped out and became so much more distinct immediately. No increase in overall volume just greater depth and soundstage and "distinctness" (for lack of a better word). I was sensine ths various instruments in a way that I couldn't with any of the stand alone players on their own.

I spent a lot of time comparing the XRay and Tube Buffer against the Musical Fidelity A3.5 on it's own as well as the Arcam CD73. I found teh XRay and Tube Buffer much more musical. Theo others sounded very nice to my ear but somethign about the Tube Buffer Xray combo made it stand out.

The fact that they were good condition Demo's, fully warrantied and the price was heavily marked down helped a lot as well. Next step, replace the ATI 602's and get a pre-amp to replace the NAD 320BEE that's playing the role right now.