I am happy with the Pioneer PD-D6-J player I bought after reading a review in a recent Playback magazine. It plays SACDs in addition to regular CDs (no HDCD though). I think it retails for $499 but you can find it online for less.
Rotel 1072 is a very nice CDP in that pricerange; I don't think you can go wrong with it. Frankly, I liked it better than the Ayre CX-7e which is quite a bit more.
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