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Best Used CD Under $800? Cary MF Rega Tjoeb...

Read lots of good reviews on the following CD players. My system is a new YBA Integre amp & Soliloquy 5.3 speakers. Currently running a Marantz 4000 0SE player.

Questions:
1. Among these choices, are there any CLEAR "yes" or "no" options?
2. If anyone has auditioned these side by side and had a clear preference, what was it?
3. Am I missing out on any obvious contenders?
4. If I increase my budget to $1K (doubtful) will I improve my options *substantially*?

SOLID:
YBA Integre (~$800 but hard to find)
Cary 308 (~$800)
Musical Fidelity A3 (~$700) (not 3.2 -- 3.2 is ~$1K used)
Arcam CD 92 (~$800) or CD 72 (~$600)
Rega Planet 2000 (~$600)
Cambridge Audio D500SE ($250) (Is this one a contender? The price is great but I don't want to undercut my other components.)

TUBE:
Ah! Tjoeb w/ Upsampling (hard to find used -- ~$800 w/mods)
Jolida JD-100 (~$700 when available)
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proy
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Let me do you a big favor, skip all this stuff, and spend $100/$200 more and get yourself a Class A CD player , I don't have one for sale but I do own 1 . It is the Sony XA7ES Class A 38lbs player,One of Stereophiles most Recommended Components for years. I have tried dozens of players worth 3x as much and was very dissapointed. This player has , Balance and RCA outputs, also variable out which means you can go CDP direct to amp, no pre-amp. Copper chassis, Volume control. It sounds incredible, smooth, warm, detail, and tons of bass. They go for $900/$1000 used , make the effort for this one, you will not be dissapointed. I think the best player Sony has ever made. I auditioned it against their New SACD-1 still have my XA7ES today.
I know that there is one on auction now, your call.
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