CD players for soundstage depth


Recommendations please!

What CD players give the best soundstage depth, and layering?

I listen mainly to classical, a lot of orchestral, and I like to hear that the brass and woodwind are sitting towards the back of the stage, *behind* the strings, not floating in air above them.

Thanks.
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Simaudio Andromeda will do that, amazing in my opinion. I enjoy it. For lesser cost perhaps Supernova or CD1. I have not heard CD1 or Supernova, so I cannot say for certainty on those, but there is technology flowdown.

Other good CD players seem to do same, like Marantz SA-11s1 (I did have it for a week, it has been replaced by 11s2 and 7s1). Also, Linn Karik Numeric out of production for many years, it has lesser detail but good layering of instruments in my opinion.

These players have been heard in my system, ARC hybrid preamp, Levinson amp, Transparent cables, and Spendor SP1 speakers.

There is a difference in CD players, its not always dramatic, but it is important in my opinion. And more noticeable after listening long term.

Thanks

Bill