The best CD Player for the money

Price range is the question...

Under 300.00-Rotel 970

Under 400.00-Rega Planet

Under 600.00-Meridian 506/20

Under 1k-Rega Apollo

Under 1.5k- Rega Apollo.

the Aloia 11.01 is pretty good for an all around player...i use mine for its transport and run it through a scott nixon tube dac....total= $2900

The best cd player I have bought for the money,
And don't laugh until you heard one in your system, is a Sony D-EJ109 portable cd player its silver. I had bought this to use when I worked out,then I started taking it to use when I was going to purchase used gear, say off craigs list or thrift stores ect.. It sound super, every bit as good as the NAD 542 player I had. It was only $55 bucks!, not as good as the Arcam 192 I own, BUT its no let down either, and that says a lot. I wish it came in a box type set.
Happy listening!
Cheers! Mcgarick

Look into the Dynavox by Dynaststion(distributed by Avatar Acoustics).Its the player I use.It can go toe to toe with the DCS gear.

For the money? My cayin 17.
why? TRUE BALANCE DESIGN WITH DUAL DACS, A QUAD OF 6922 's for pure musicality, DUAL SEPARATE POWER SUPPLY's.
Weighing in at a hefty 35 lbs. Built like a tank, sounds like an angle singing with my new opamps. All for $1K shipped from HK, opamps tweaks, replaced 6 for $225, and made a HUGE difference. Will compare to DAC or player in the 3-5K range.
And another thing, it only has the number 15 in its title, Not SXLRVTEi, and not a 9000, 560, 300, 480, and other such nonsense.