Recommendations for CD Player/DAC Combo

Lol.
Pretty sure Elizabeth is more than capable of defending herself here.
However I could not care less if she is female, male,  undecided or alien life form.
I call it as I see it no matter who says it.
No special treatment based on gender and I am pretty sure that is exactly as Elizabeth would like it.
So I truly do not believe anybody is just being nice to her at all.
Maybe nobody really cares enough to comment? Its her money and equipment and she is free to use it as she sees fit don't you think?
Not what I would do but we are not talking about me.....

Still hard to beat my old Sony PS3 used as transport into nad d3020 v2.
All PS3 were vastly over engineered and cost Sony a lot of dollars!

I think any of the 90,s Japanese CD players that had a digital output would do the job if all you want is the transport side.
I know my 2000 Pioneer does sound real sweet as just a transport into my Brooklyn DAC but I stick to analog output from it simply for the SACD usage.
You should be able to pick up a decent Pioneer, Sony, Marantz etc for between $40 to $100 maximum and enjoy years of usage

@mahler123

Very impressed with mine and yes I read you could pair it with a Pioneer receiver and use one remote to control both. Mine is 2000 vintage.

Now with that said I presently use an old Pioneer DVD/sacd player...lol.
Using it in analog output to my Ayre amp as sacd does not output from its spdif digital output. Just CD layer plays through the spdif output.

Getting back to subject of thread.

I had a Krell S350 CD player with built in DAC( think just 2 digital inputs).
I do remember it sounding very very good and built like a tank ( 45lb weight if my memory serves me).
However used only available but extremely well built and fairly priced.

Prior to that I had a dcs p8 CD/dac. Truly stunning and also could be used as a preamp.

There are a number of good used options out there.

You may not find too many affordable new options.