Best player for Poorly Recorded redbook CDs?


There is lot on the cutting edge of digital players, Meitner, APL, Esoteric, Zanden, Reimyo, and the list goes on. Most have great reviews and their own followers. The problem is we usually test this with better recorded CDs or do not actually consciously think about how well a player plays poorly recorded CDs. If I have a main player for SACDs and avg-well recorded CDs, is there a player out there that somehow makes poorly recorded CDs sound better, and better than other equipment? Note this only pertains to poorly recorded CDs...and its not about being truthful/accuracy per se...all I want is something that will improve on bad CDs. Meitner is OK at this but I wonder if other players out there (and indeed it may well be a budget player,...who knows) that specifcally do this well. Given as music lovers, we generally own our fair share of poor sounding but great music CDs, I think this is potentially quite important and can pay lots of dividends after some investigation....at least that is the hope. Now thinking about this, its also somewhat surprising that professional reviewers do not really address this aspect much. Hmmm.

Any suggestions? Do you agree with this line of thiniking?
henryhk
The Cello is analog and very high quality, but no longer made. You'll need to find it used. The PARC is very good but only affects signals below 300Hz, and is designed to tame low frequency room problems by lowering peaks in frequency response, it's not what you're looking for in this application.
I use my TACT 2.2x to clean up my streaming radio/FLAC recordings from my PC (the digital EQ presets lets me form the music on some of my favorite crappy recordings) Cut the Tizzy highs and bloated mids... no problem with the TACT.
I agree with the Jolida 100 post. This player will make poor cd's sound decent and good cd's remarkably smooth and 3d.
The NWO by APL, makes my crap cd's VERY enjoyable. This is the most forgiving, and mst amazing machine, I have ever had the pleasure to hear.
I agree on the Jolida 100 as well for lousy CD's. Reduces that "wall of sound" effect from the omnipresent compression they use in modern music now a days. But, in quiet, well recorded passages, my Rotel 1072 sounded better. Clearer and more detailed.

BTW, I compared them side by side in the same set up using the same CD's.