Comparing these CD players with my gear...

Hi mahler123 and everyone... 

No, I don't need a bunch of extra features. This is for a straight 2-channel system, so no need for blu-ray or USB. I went with the Naim, so that should give you a good idea :)

I have an old iPhone 5 & that I use exclusively for streaming Apple Music... which is connected directly into an HRT iStreamer, then into my Creek integrated via DH Labs Air Matrix RCA's. I also sometimes use my iPod Classic, which contains about 2000 songs from my CD collection... downloaded in AIFF format.

As for the DAC discussion; for me, I just go with what sounds good to my ears because ultimately that's the bottom line here. Some of my favorite CD players had DACs from Phillips (TDA1541A, TDA1305), Burr-Brown (PCM54), Wolfson (WM8740), dCS ring (Arcam Alpha 9), Cirris Logic and others. Whether they're PCM, multi-bit or 1-bit doesn't matter to me. In the end, what I'm hearing is the manufacturer's interpretation of the analog stage. 

  

The Oppo 105D is the Swiss army knife for the little silver disc, and it is also a very good streamer.  In other words, it will play anything the cat drags in.  I use mine to feed a Meridian G68 DAC / preamp via HDMI into a Meridian 621 hub for all things digital.  In this application, it is as good as anything out there, (but Meridian is in another league from most other digital gear, so the Oppo is basically a transport.)  I haven't listened to its analog outputs, but I owned and have listened extensively to an Oppo 95 and it was pretty good - not Meridian good, but pretty good for a CD player.  Oppo is moving on to UHD, so if you want an Oppo 105D, you need to move pretty quickly.  Reportedly the new Oppo UHD players will have fewer features than their recent BDP players.

I have two Emotiva cd players, ERC 2 and ERC 3 solid build and great sounding, especially for the price

I recall reading that oppo will have a more dedicated audio model as well?

jsbach1685-

the Naim will sound good w/ your Creek amp. Keep me posted as you massage this spinner into your system. Give the player 200 hrs. to settle prior to any critical listening.