Thanks everybody for all the good advice. Since this will probably be my last CD player, I am willing to go as high as 9k. I talked to music direct and they really sold me on the Esoteric K05. Does anyone have experience with this in a similar system.
I feel that while the Dyns are revealing they are not bright sounding and my greatest fear is ending up with something ear splitting like when I had a Krell amp and Nordost Red Dawn cabling. I eventually replaced these with an Ayre amp and preamp and different cables The system sounds much smoother now and sopranos don't have a steely edge. However, I still would like more detailed midbass more sense of ambience and space.
My great fear is ending up with something ear splitting once again, and I am too old to have to go through that again.
I feel that while the Dyns are revealing they are not bright sounding and my greatest fear is ending up with something ear splitting like when I had a Krell amp and Nordost Red Dawn cabling. I eventually replaced these with an Ayre amp and preamp and different cables The system sounds much smoother now and sopranos don't have a steely edge. However, I still would like more detailed midbass more sense of ambience and space.
My great fear is ending up with something ear splitting once again, and I am too old to have to go through that again.