Best Transport for under a $1000


I am looking for your opinions on the best CD transport for under $1000. I would prefer a AES/EBU connection. I will also be upgrading my DAC in the near future. Here is my associated equipment:

Thiel 2.4
Levinson 27.5
Levinson 38S
MSB Link III DAC with upsampling (soon to be upgraded)
Transparent interconnect/speaker/power cabling.

Thanks
dewinkle

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For used, Accuphase DP-80(L). It is maybe a little old now, that's why you can find at low price. Mine lost its remote and too expensive to order a new one($200). To get a remoted transport, I try several sub 1K transports. Still prefer this old Accuphase than others. Laser head may lost some power, so will skip sometimes for bad condition CD's. However, when it reads correctly, the most detailed yet musical transport under 1K. Guess it has a very good clocking CKT. Therefore, it survives in my setup after two years of plot to replace it with a remote CD player or transport. Now I give up, and wait until I can afford a high end SACD player.
Too bad DP-90 is still very expensive.