Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use?

Ster4

What other under 10k Dacs did you listen to
I'm demoing the Vega but have limited access to other Dacs and limited experience

Bow Technologies zz8 drive, and Mac Mini with Pure Music / Core Audio Technololgies Kora power supply and level 3 Power filter, feeding a Brinkmann Zenith 3 dac via an Audiophilleo 2 USB reclocker. The Bow + Brinkmann combination is the closest thing I've heard to the liquid, free-flowing, natural feel of vinyl, without artificial extra "warmth" trying to pass for analogue sound. The upgraded Mac Mini sounds even better on some levels - bigger soundstage, incredible resolution, deeper bass and even more dynamics - but a tad less harmonically rich, probably a factor of it not being quite burnt-in yet. The Zenith operates in 16/44 which theoretically makes it a very outdated design - but as far as my ears are concerned it wiped the floor with a lot of high rez devices, including a Mark Levinson 24/96 DAC I had on loan for a while, and the - however excellent - built-in DAC in the Marantz UD 9004 I use in a separate HT room.
The only glitch is - the Zenith is basically impossible to find, especially in this version - which has been considerably upgraded by the ex-Brinkmann designer who came up with it in the first place and happens to be a friend. But put your hands on a used Bow zz8 and you will get very close already - the built-in DAC sounds a little less open than the brinkie but has a very definite analogue feel.

Ayon 07s. The best cd reproduction I ever heard.

Despite the rumored fanfare out there (cd players are on their way out of HiFi), we continue to see better cd players, at all price points, hitting the marketplace.

I previously owned a modded Ayon CD-5s and am now running an Aesthetic Romulus tube cd player. The Romulus is certainly analogue sounding. It has as similar sound to the CD-5s, albeit with less bass slam and fewer bells and whistles.