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Upgrading my Redbook after 18 years

My vinyl system is my primary source but have ventured into headphones as a second system with Redbook being the only source I use. Headphone listening is provided by a newly broken in Schitt Gumby thru a Cambridge CDX transport and I have started using the system more and more, am really impressed with the Gumby but would like to upgrade the transport and the Bell Canto CD3T has come to my attention with the bnc connection which as I understand would behoove the Gumby. I will also like to upgrade my 18 year old Wadia 8 transport and my Jadis D2 dac in my main system and was thinking maybe a single piece CD player in the range of $2,500.00 slightly used or demo. On my main system I like what I have better than the Oppo players so other suggestions will be considered. Please note SACD isn't needed and have no plans to download, stream of other sources just Redbook on both systems.
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elizabeth
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I use $40 used spinners I buy off eBay and play THOSE through my $7000 SACD/DAC player I just bought. You do not need the $$$ DAC, I was perfectly happy with a bought used $250 DAC for many years. A lot of older decent quality but cheap now CD players sound great as a disc spinner to a DAC. If you think what junk... I am playing them to a pair of Magnepan 20.7s...   
So there is a whole wide World of used cheap disc spinners and used pretty good DACs
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