I've found the cd player for analog lovers

Rauliruegas, it's too late on one thing(the shape thing). I didn't answer your whole thread. My preamp is the RGR 3 sitting on 2-inch Mapleshade with their rubber, cork, rubber footers. Amps are the Nuforce 8.5's, sitting on 4-inch teak and isonodes, and on the preamp. Interconnects consist of Oritek X-2's between APL Hi-Fi's Denon 3910, and Signal Cable Silver interconnects between preamp and amp. Speaker cable is Signal Cable Silver(Thank you Plato.). Interconnects and speaker cable are lifted off my rug floor by styrofoam cups(per Mapleshade). Speakers are the original DCM Time-Windows(which D_edwards said are midrange recessive, and have boom and tizz(I'm not sure tweeters that only go to 16-18khz could be called tizz-boom, I might agree with.). The speakers sit upon 2-inch Mapleshade maple, with isonodes underneath. No room treatment, and one speaker sits close to a corner, while the other is close to an opening behind it. No conditioners, but a Wattgate power strip-properly plugged in the correct order. TVAD, Ori, of Oritek Audio, agrees with you about chips.

Rauliruegas, in my limited experience with cd's, I prefer the lp over the cd almost exclusively. Now, remember, I only listen to 1982 or earlier lp's. I won't buy those albums in cd form. I am aware that there have been much more recent remastering of those albums for cd, and they may be much better. In fact, I bought the Band's, "Music From Big Pink", based on a recommendation from the Audio press. While it is good, I don't listen to it much right now. Sometimes I think the cd emphasizes things in the recording that we aren't used to(compared to the original lp). Maybe that is one reason we prefer the lp? BTW,I also think that Band's cd recommendation from the press was a good recommendation.