Acouple suggestions. First I think you are wise to get the most from your red book CD's . The new foremat wars are not settled yet and unless you plan to dump all of your 44.1 CD's, get good playback equipment.
I went from a Krell kps 25 i/l to a wadia 27 i/x and 270 transport. Two units but they are connected with ATTglass cables. Wadia upsamples fron 44.1k to 256k. BIG.....I mean BIG DIFFERENCE (and the Krell was pretty good too.)
Others to consider are the new Krell unit. ARC has a CD3 player now for $4995 (new). Linn is great and so is accuphase. Except for ARC, you need to buy them used to get them for near $10,000
I went from a Krell kps 25 i/l to a wadia 27 i/x and 270 transport. Two units but they are connected with ATTglass cables. Wadia upsamples fron 44.1k to 256k. BIG.....I mean BIG DIFFERENCE (and the Krell was pretty good too.)
Others to consider are the new Krell unit. ARC has a CD3 player now for $4995 (new). Linn is great and so is accuphase. Except for ARC, you need to buy them used to get them for near $10,000