Upgrade from Cal CL-15 ?


I have a mint condition Cal CL15 that has performed without any single problem. I have been very happy with this machine until recently. I sold my TT and had to wait almost 2 weeks before I could spin vinyl again. I found listening to Cd a pretty bad experience for almost 2 weeks. Now I have never spent a lot of money on a CD player before so I am a little uneducated on what is out there with respect to my Cal. I have a pretty good rig going on now and the Cal is definatly at the bottom of my system. So, being the obsesive, compulsive person I am, I am thinking about upgrading the Cal.
But I have no clue what I should be looking for. Here is my system. Proac Studio 250 speakers, Rogue Magnum M120 mono's, Rogue Magnum 99 pre, Vpi HW19 jr TT and a Graham Slee era gold MkV phono stage.
So what would the digital experts recommend to put into the chain here. I would like to keep it under 1K for a used system. I was also thinking I would later maybe like to add a DAC, so a digital output would be nice.
Thanks, Scott
scottht
Has anyone found a way to get digital signal (output) out of the CL 15? I would like to upgrade by adding a digital processor to my system, but there is no out.... Is it possible to tap output signals from the inards???
Well the CL 15 doesn't have a digital output to use a seperate DAC. So that is out of the question. How is the Shanling T100 ? Is it a decent cd player? I see they can be had for as little as $1200 or so.
had a cal cl-20 in the house while my marantz 8260 was being repaired ( had the cal for 4 weeks).

the cl-20 is nice smooth player but uninvolving ims(in my system) imo.

the marantz 8260 was more involving but there have been qc issues with some units. so try before you buy from a authorized dealer.

it is really hard to find a involving digital source, please let me know what you end up with.

good luck in the hunt !!

mike
Having owned a CL-15, I don't agree that the *Cal is at the bottom of your system*. I think it might pretty be hard to better it for $1000, & it's probably a real bargain for what they sell for used. You might check out the Ah! Tjoeb 4000 tho reviewed in the Nov. '03 S'Phile. It goes for about $1K fully loaded, & the reviewer compared it to a couple of different CAL units. I wonder tho if you're not just bummed with CD in general......maybe start checking out some machines that also do SACD(?). Good luck!
You don't like the Cal Labs? What don't you like about the sound? What I/C's are you using? Have you thought about adding a DAC into your system?