CD Players that deliver outstanding vocals

Just make sure your next player is HDCD compatible, vocals are outstanding on these.

I'd say that the preamp is by far the weakest link in your system. So I'd go along with sogood51's advice.

I love my Wadia 850. If you can stretch your budget wait til one shows up here in the classifieds otherwise the older Proceed (circa early to mid 90s) transport and dac combos are very musical. Looking at the prices here they'll set you back about 1-1.5k. Good luck ;)

A quality recording in my estimation is equal or more important than the CD player itself...I have an el cheapo Sony SACD...and with a stellar recording...vocals are "spooky real"...