Things that make you go, "Hmmmmm...."

Ah, yes, the original question. Well, my Marantz Reference SA-15S2b SACD player is getting on in years but still sounds wonderful. A used one can be considered.

Also, the newer ones, like the SA-10 have been discussed here as well.
Then there's the new Technics SL-G700 SACD/network player but I'd need to read some reviews or know where I could audition one before committing.

Also, the Hegel Mohican is a CD only player that reviewers like but it's up there with the Marantz Reference line in cost, so again, I'd audition one before deciding.

The reviews are out there as well as those here who've decided to stick it out with CDs, so a perusal of the forums can entertain you for most of the day.

All the best,
Nonoise

Not "the CD is dead" argument again, please.

Read any review on CDPs and CDTs and they’re just as good as the best "Hi Rez" steaming and network gear out there, if not better than most of it.

What some consider good enough for them wouldn’t pass the smell test for someone with a decent CD set up. I’m one of them. I haven’t heard everything or the latest and greatest, but I’ll point it out, again, that the best PC sound I heard at a show was at the MSB suite. I said it was the best streaming digital I’ve ever heard. It was then that Vince Galbo pointed out to me that I was listening to a CD playing, not music streaming.

This is not to say that I'll never go there, but I don't see me doing it anytime soon.

All the best,
Nonoise