suggestions for warm cd player

Original Rega Planet of your on a budget or Audio Aero if you can afford the best.

The Rega Apollo is a very nice, warm sounding player, definitely the best you can get new for the price

I used to worry about this sort of stuff. I have given up trying to fix it in the player/DAC and just TONIGHT bought a Tube buffer to put between the DA and the preamp. For under $200. i am hoping to solve this annoying problem that most of the time costs a hugs bundle of cash to solve.
So instead of trying to resolve the problem.. I have decided to hide it.
Finding a tube buffer that is the 'right' one is a crapshoot. Soooo... I just picked one blind.

Get a Shanling and have it upgraded by Underwood HiFi. My T-200 sounds so smooth its kinda creepy because I always disliked digital. Love hate relationship. I have a $6k TT setup and its a toss up between the two. When it came back it sounded very dark and lifeless but after hours of break in, it bloomed. You can use tube output or direct. Theres not much difference. On early recorded CD's it can take some of the harshness away. In really good stuff the tubes and solid state sound more alike. I can tell my Kimber KCAGs sound better than my copper Tara's in either way. Yes cables do sound different as most here know. My prior CD player was a TOTL Rotel. It bested it in every way. Underwood mods other players as well. You can buy a modded player directly from them and save on shipping. And the Shanling looks cool. Retro modern and its top loading. Since I like analog its cool too. Mike