Best CD player under $2000

Do yourself a favor: convert your CDs to flac!  I've done my 900 CDs a while back and now, i have all my collection at my fingertip!
CDs are know to degrade with time.  So ripping them fix that degradation problem.

On Windows, use EAC (Exact Audio Copy), on Linux abcde.
On my case, i play my music with free Volumio on a Raspberry Pi 3 hooked to my DAC via USB (async).

I second Electrocompanient 

The only one I would buy is a bit over - the little Luxman at $2695. However, the Cambridge Audio Transport at $450 is really good - so that with a DAC is the way to go if funds are tight. Again, over budget, but the Ayre Codex with the CDC transport at $2250, sounds better than the $2695 Luxman. If you separate the physical transport, you eliminate the weak point of ALL CD players - the fact that the transport breaks. I’ve seen too many $8k Esoteric CD players that are now pretty boat anchors...

Cambridge 851C.

cayin CD17 Mark 2, @ $1500 includes ship, I have Mark 1 performs flawless past 17 years. Built like a  tank, sings like a  angel, can be heard on my YT uploads.