Best sounding HDCD player??

I can't pretend to know the best, but I have heard the Cary CD 303/300 with HDCDs and thought it was very appealing...it is also a very versatile player.

Cary's new player, the 306 Professional does HDCD and people seem to like it, but I haven't heard it. What's

I guess it boils down to what best means to you, vis-a-vis what you're missing from the Sonic Frontiers

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I've settled on Cary 308-T tubed unit. Has HDCD and also limited upsampling.

Around $1150 used, maybe $1250.

Beat out my other Carys (303/100, 303/200) and also a modified Marantz and also the most recent Sonic Frontiers cd player. (I forget if it was CD-1).

If I had a lot more money I guess I'd try the latest 306 SACD model by Cary, but fully expect that my old 308-T MIGHT sound more enjoyable :)

I always thought my Sonic Frontiers was a little lean in the bass .It's what I think is missing in my system.For the most part the SF cd-1 sound is very nice and never fatiging,and thats important to me.If it only had more weight in the bass.

IMHO Cary's latest; the 306 SACD professional is about as good as HDCD gets.

306P cost 8kUSD, there is a CDP from HDCD inventor which is IMHO "little" better

I"ll 2nd the APL Denon 3910 - a great player and currently artificially inexpensive on Agon. Hard, if not impossible, to beat under $10K

Have a listen to the McIntosh MCD301 and MCD500 players, very nice, very easy on the ears.