CD-player for $1100 - Can I do any better?


I was looking to upgrade my CD-player and my budget is limited to $1100.

So far, researching, I found out three players that worth considering:
- Marantz SA-17 S1
- Arcam CD23
- Unison Research Unico

Can I do any better for $1100? Cary 308T for instance?
rmihai

Showing 2 responses by racerxnet

Tonyptony,

I have no experience with the squeezebox at all, though I can tell you that the PC based system is as good if not better in many respests that a single disk system cannot surpass. Those of which I listed above. As for sound quality, I prefer the PC based system.
Yes,

Bit perfect output from your PC to an exceptional DAC. Foobar as the front-end to catalog your collection. Free DB to tag the files. Hard drive based systems will rival any highend transport for a fraction of the cost. I have owned many transports/players and can attest to this fact.

Chaintec 710 sound card
TriVista 21 DAC
Custom built PC with Raid 5
Foobar 2000
Levinson 33H mono's
4 Bryston 7BST mono's
Infinity RS1B's