CD Player with best bass??

Honest1 is right on the ball here. Anyone who doesn't think that CD players differ greatly in terms of their bass response hasn't had the opportunity to listen to different players.

For what it's worth, I have found that this is what the more expensive CD players offer. Some notable players I have heard in terms of bass were the Electrocompaniet, Granite 650/657, and an upper level YBA. Wadia is also known for doing a good job in this regard, but I have not been around them so much in the past decade. And, surprisingly, my Sony SCD-C333ES accounts itself quite well - enough to embarrass a well regarded $2500 player here in my system last month.

Hi the only reason I do not mention cd players.Is the fact Pawlowski6132 uses it as a digital transport. Getting a more expensive player to use as a transpot too me is a waste of money.The Sony is a great transport by itself.
Now if you want a different Dac ..it's another ball game.As the analog output voltage does vary from Dac to Dac or player to player. If I wanted more bass the Dac would be my first upgrade not another player.

Get the CARY 306 SACD player it has fantastic bass.The reviewer in this months POSITIVE FEEDBACK online mag. says it has the best bass he has heard from any source.He also bought the CARY 306 SACD after reviewing it.

I also have the AKG 1000 and have them hooked up to cary 805C amplifiers.They are incredible headphones.I upgraded the cabling to the STEFAN AUDIO ART cables.There is a review of this Modification on the 6 MOONS internet site.

Wow. I would love that setup: 306 -> 805C -> k1k.

Nice. Unfortunately, I can only afford about $2k right now. :^(

Let's say I had something like the Cary 303/200, do you think the AKGs would sound significantly better through the 805Cs versus the 300SEI I have??

Gmood - my bad - I saw the word 'headamp' in your post and thought you were talking about headPHONE amps - after all 600V is a lot even for electrostatic headphones - LOL. 600V is a good rating for tube transformers.