My Anthem CD1 (6 disc tube player) blew the doors off my $1000 Audio Refinement (cheap-o line YBA). Don't forget Sonic Frontiers SFCD1 or the Sonic Frontiers tube DACs. They are even better then my Anthem.
For solid state you might look into the YBA players with the extra blue laser.
http://www.audaud.com/audaud/JAN02/EQUIP/equip3JAN02.html
For solid state you might look into the YBA players with the extra blue laser.
http://www.audaud.com/audaud/JAN02/EQUIP/equip3JAN02.html