CD Player Recommendations…

While I have a Saturn and its just tremendous with (two?) WM8740 chips. It was pretty expensive new. I have no need for multiple formats, USB, digital output etc.

These days I’d probably go for something more modest. The Rega Apollo has a (upgraded) Wolfson chip, like the Saturn, and would be perfectly sufficient.

A while ago I noticed someone deciding upon a Yamaha CD player.  Because they also make musical instruments.  I don't endorse that logic.

@reubent I have the original Saturn. After more than a decade, recently it has started skipping on the first track of a CD. I have read this is nothing serious, just needs perhaps some maintenance on the mechanism. Early models had some soldering issues which were promptly addressed by Rega. If this, nothing that a competent technician can’t easily fix.

My amp is a Sansui 555A. Recently totally refurbished according to the Leestereo design specs at audiokarma. 

Divine. Sonic beauty.

I can see some better specs and other things with the newer R model, and that is tremendous. I can’t really comment on the newer models not having heard them.

@dabel  Yes, I wasn’t meaning to comment on Yamaha as such. I use a Yamaha tuner every day, the t-85, made around 1986. Its splendid.

Probably needs the lid lifted for a look at the caps etc, and some other stuff that tuners need after all this time - alignment? That’s probably something that can be only be done by a specialist techy. I digress...