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Best Basic CD Player (no SACD, USB, etc.)

Hey guys! Old dude here! My Panasonic SL-PJ316 CD player took a dump after years of faithful service. I started looking around for a replacement only to discover CD players with price tags into the thousands of dollars!! WTH??  Ok, I know there is SACD, USB, bluetooth, etc. BUT, I am not going to try and re-purchase my entire CD collection of almost 40 years to buy a SACD player. And, from what I've read, the USB, streaming lot seems to cause problems in certain players. ALL I need is a high quality, basic CD player that won't cost thousands of dollars. Any suggestions? Yamaha? NAD? Marantz? I'm "all ears". Thanks, for the advice. Best regards, Rob

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try to find an older Meridian G08 or YBA 1 transport/cd player

 

both of these were excellent players in their time  and can be purchased on the used market, with YBA  be careful  sometimes the Blue laser would fail  so make sure it is working order

Meridian players were built like tanks  so even if used as a transport  with external DAc that will be a great option for CD playback

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