The best CD Player for the money

Terrific how this thread has developed 8 years after the original question was asked.

Here's the answer to the question:

There is no answer. The closest approximation to the answer is whichever player makes you happy, gets you off the merry-go-round, and allows you to focus on the music rather than the equipment, regardless of the method the player uses to get the music off the silver disc.

Guys I happened to come across this interesting transcript of a well known high end audiophile manufacturer's annual board meeting. They are discussing how much to charge for the "best CD Player money can buy". It starts with a proposal by their CEO.

hehehehe!

Tvad,.
Exactly..

Thank you Shadorne for some much needed humor after the past week of posts to this thread ...

Its clear to me, after listening to Mr Muralman's "collectors" disc Lavin that the man needs to get out his room and listen to some other systems and the latest digital out there. No truncating of Couvoisier's piano note decay, vague harmonics or blanching tones on my system, and I can compare to a real piano in my room. Maybe some more fun music too, notwithstanding the Niggli's and Courvoisier's talented improv recording. Still, thanks Muralman for pointing out a great small label called Intakt Records. Maybe I'll try some of their other stuff.

Tvad, I think it was mentioned before, but IMHO the Oppo 980H for $169 is the undisputed BEST CD PLAYER FOR THE MONEY. So this is a value for money question. Not an audiophile CDP by any means but probably the answer to this threads question... don't you think?

Muralman, if you want to discuss the benefits of NOS CD players you should start a separate thread.