Given you are asking about "old glory" CD players, I am assuming this means you are open to used? If so I agree there are not many "old" players I would recommend, and they would generally need upgrades / modifications (e.g., the Sony CDP x777es) But if you are willing to consider "recent" units, there are many, many good options. I would also NEVER recommend buying a new CD player - such plyers decline in value so quickly you really should go used.
With that said, your price range seems to be about $2500-4k based on the units you referenced. Just looking on the 'gon (with the limitation that it has to be black, which I will never understand either aesthetically or sonically), you can pick up a Mark Levinson No, 512, which was $15k not all that long ago, for $3k, and it would give you perfectly fine sound. Or on US audio mart, there is an MBL 1531 for under $3k - a very musical CD player.
Maybe if you give more specifics on what you are looking for, you price range, sound preferences, etc, you can get more tailored advice.