most analog sounding CDP

Celebrat,

Please explain &/or define "best" as it applies to you.

What I'm trying to understand is what YOU look for sound-wise in a component, in this case a CDP. This will give me an idea of what sort of sound signature the Harmonix-Reimyo CDP777 has.
Also, not everyone will agree with your definition of "best", which should be just fine w/ all of us. I/we just need to know what your yard stick is for measurement of sound of the Harmonix-Reimyo CDP777 vs. all the others that you have listed. Without this definition, your statement "Today, I am the proud owner of what I feel is the best CDP on the planet" is quite meaningless, I'm afraid.
Thanks!
(BTW, I want to assure you that I'm NOT smarting because you said that the CDP777 is better than a Wadia combination).

Celebrat,

Thanks for taking the time to reply to my post & giving us some more info. It does help some.

I'm totally perplexed on 2 issues & have a hard time reconciling them in my mind:-
* the Musical Fidelity sounded better than an Accuphase DP-75V & an Audio Aero in your system!
(I've never heard of this before!)
* The Reimyo sounds better than your analog setup.
(Whew! This IS the 1st time I'm reading this!! A certain Mike Lavigne has the EMM Labs SACD+DAC & also a Rockport Sirius III turntable but still claims that the Rockport beats the EMM Labs digital gear. Maybe the Reimyo is better than the EMM Labs gear??)

Anyway, you hear what you hear & I don't want to argue here but I'm having a tough time accepting some of the stuff you have written.

Let the Reimyo break in & perhaps you can report back on the sound quality. Things might change or might remain the same....