The best CD Player for the money

10 1/2 years and all the time I thought this was one of those trick questions and I was going to say

"for playing music, the best CD player money can buy costs less than $1.00 because, there are no good sounding CD players worth hundreds, much less thousands of dollars. Don't waste your money"

Did I win??? What do I get? Let me guess...
a cheap CD player? :^)

Happy Listening!

10-13-11: Koestner
For the money only go out and get a $35 DVD player from Sam's Club. Bring it home and stick some soft rubbery feet on the bottom and some weight on the top (10-15 Lbs.). This will sound about 80% as good as any $500 player (IMO).

...and then what? Stick it in a broom closet and go back to playing record? Just kidding.

Or in the words of one of my favorite audio writers back in 2004 I think, So there are lots of early Amps, early Speakers, and early Turntables that are considered to be classics, and are there any early CD players that are now classics? No, because they all sound like shite.

Happy Listening!

I must confess... as little as I care to invest in the "perfect sound forever" I now own, and yes, enjoy the Sony SCD-XA5400ES | ES Series SACD Player. Nice job Sony.

Happy Listener!