Any Levinson 390s Level Players, But At Less Cost?


I'm looking to upgrade my CD player. I'm told the Mark Levinson 390s is the one to own. Granted this is a good player, but the price is more than I want to spend. They are available used in the mid-$4K range here on the Gon.

All I need is a good solid upsampling redbook CD player. I believe the Levinson 390s has a built-in preamp (?). My system includes a Classe CA-401 amp, Krell HTS 7.1 Pre-Pro, Piega P10 speakers and Analysis Plus Silver Oval cabling. Any and all recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
george3

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Unfortunately, i dont know. Technically yes, but soundwise not. But ML 39 is very good. It has a very natural way of music making. At least in my set-up. I yet to hear better in its price-backet. I doubt you really could buy better cd-player-preamp in one box for less than 3000 usd. Maybe the APL modified denon or philips, but I dont know those models neither.