What is the best analog sounding CD player $2000

ARC CD3 MKl > $2100 on Agon now > I know it's $100 over budget but this is a very good player for this amount.

I'm thinking the Raysonic CD-128 would be a pretty sweet piece...

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?dgtlplay&1235696784&/Raysonic-CD-128-now-at-underwo

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Audio Aero Prima, but only the latest model.

I don't know what this means, but I have heard several music servers with outboard dacs that get close to sounding the equal of vinyl. The best stand alone cd players that I have heard are the Lindemann 820 B and the Exemplar/Shanling scd-3000.

One question, nine different answers so far. Go figure. Plenty of good players in that range. I'll give you another definitive vote for your considering going the Server/DAC direction, the better implementations of which sound better than any players I've heard. As far as Standalone players; as you see, there are plenty. Personal favorites that I've heard have been (and another vote for) Electrocompaniet EMC-1UP, or a used Modwright/Sony with outboard power or APL/Denon unit.