You could find a used Parasound Z-CD. Very compact good sounding player. I use one as transport with Mytek Liberty DAC and AQ Optilink-1 toslink. I like small stuff.
Small Form-Factor CD Player/Transport
I'm looking to see what's out there (and available in the US) as far as smaller CD units are concerned. Transport or Player, preferably front-loading, in that c.$1000USD range. Here's a short list of what I've stumbled across, thus far:
- Pro-Ject CD Box DS*
- Teac PD-301-X
- Rega Apollo (but this is top-load, unfortunately)