I've now owned the Lector and it is by far the most MUSICAL player I've yet heard. I had a Chord DAC64/Blu combo, it was just OK, very detailed but not musical and at over 12k just overpriced. The Lector has now let me forget about my next upgrade and I just enjoy listening to my CD collection. I heard the Lector angainst a Reimyo CDP and yes the Reimyo was a bit smoother but not by much and at almost 16K it should have blown away the Lector.....it didn't.
