A Low Cost Pleasant Sounding Used CD Player?

Good choice with the Shanling ET3. That's a nice unit which should give many years of trouble free music enjoyment. I love classic disc spinners as much as the next audiophile but the reliability aspect is nowhere near that of a new device like your Shanling. Plus that unit is just a neat and fun little device. 

v-fi: Yes, I quickly fell in love with the Shanling, specially with extra hi-rez CDs.

If you rarely listen to a CD I don't see any point in spending a thousand or even hundreds. I've been using a second-hand Sony CDP-CE500 with remote (that I got locally for less than a hundred) for several years and it sounds quite good in my system.

I also have a Rotel RCD991 that I like. It cost hundreds more on the used market and sounds a little better but I really like the convenience of loading five CDs at a time in the Sony.

Foamcutter: I didn’t listen to CDs often but that will clearly change from now on! Playing a Japanese ’HDCD’ which I paid $1 for in a thrift shop was the most dynamic, musical and ’tangible’ experience that I’ve ever had from my audio system...

I’m sold!