Best sounding HDCD player??

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I've settled on Cary 308-T tubed unit. Has HDCD and also limited upsampling.

Around $1150 used, maybe $1250.

Beat out my other Carys (303/100, 303/200) and also a modified Marantz and also the most recent Sonic Frontiers cd player. (I forget if it was CD-1).

If I had a lot more money I guess I'd try the latest 306 SACD model by Cary, but fully expect that my old 308-T MIGHT sound more enjoyable :)

I always thought my Sonic Frontiers was a little lean in the bass .It's what I think is missing in my system.For the most part the SF cd-1 sound is very nice and never fatiging,and thats important to me.If it only had more weight in the bass.

The APL Denon 3910 decodes HDCD and sounds exceptional. Used machines
are selling for near give-away prices.

If the Denon laser assembly reads discs OK, then there should be no other
service issues with an APL Denon player...

IMHO Cary's latest; the 306 SACD professional is about as good as HDCD gets.