You might look into the Bryston BDP 2 or 3. I owned the 3, which sounded fantastic. The big negative, and the reason that I got rid of it, was the lack of an app. You have to use Bryston Manic Moose, a web based application that I hated.
The BDP-3 player is a great unit. The software is not elegant, but the OP could use Rigelian on his iPad, which is a lot more slick.