Best used cd player under $1000

It wont play SACD and doesn't upsample...but my Wadia 23 is a steal at a grand used(if you can find it) Wadia digimaster 19 bit res is good enough to hold its own on redbook cd today.I have owned Cary 308T, Cary 301, Philips 963, Cal Labs IconMkII, Rega Planet, and the Wadia is the boss here.BIG powerful bass and smooth midrange sound. Lots of depth and correct timber.A little dated now..but still Wadia's entry player in 1996 still rocks. I keep toying with getting an upsampled DAC such as Musical Fidelity's new 21 and using the Wadia 23 as a transport..maybe somewhere down the road. This Wadia wont break the bank and sounds much like its bigger siblings. Just My opinion of course.-Enjoy.

Vecteur L-4 is a real good one.
I prefered to the Jupiter and the Sony 777es which are also good in this price range.

Glide,
If you see a Sony 777es for $1000 or less, buy it for me please! I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon.
However....if anyone has one there.....
Good Luck!

A Classe CDP-1, is the best one I've heard for under a grand.

would suggest marantaz sa-8260...i try to buy used when i can but pretty much all newer cd players will require service sometime due to reading errors/toc/transport issues. so gettigng one with a 3 year warranty is not a bad idea imo.

as far as the player goes.. the reviews are true. the redbook is incredible and very close to sacd (yes it is that good. the sacd is icing on the cake.

hope that helps,

mike