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Crazy to buy a 17 year old CD Player?

My ARC CD2 just died...I think the laser finally gave up the ghost.  Any how I've got thousands of red book CDs in my library and need a replacement player.  I'm thinking an ARC CD 3MKII or the Mark Levinson 390S.  Am I crazy to be thinking this?  Got a budget of around $2000.00.  My system, though dated, is made up of higher end stuff: ARC 25 pre amp, ARC VT 150 mono amps, VPI TNT IV, Wilson Witts, all running through Transparent Reference (Balanced).
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randy-11
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if you weren't crazy you wouldn't be here

Do this: buy the best Oppo (~$1200) which has a return privilege, and test it vs. any high end used player you are thinking about

DACs have advanced greatly in recent years so old may not be so great

or... rip all your CDs onto a Lossless format and just get a good DAC unit

I do the latter and enjoy them on my own ARC 25 II pre amp and big Maggies
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