CDP – Cary 308, Consonance 120 or Cambridge 740?

The tubed version of the Cary 308, i.e. the 308T, is excellent. They show up here occasionally for around $1000 and is a great CDP for that price.

I previously owned the Cary CD-308 and it was a good CD player. However, I wouldn't consider it particularly unforgiving. I consider it more neutral.

A good friend owns the Consonance CD120 Linear (the non-oversampling version of the CD120) and he really likes it (I haven't heard it). He's a huge analog fan and thinks the CD120 Linear is a good budget CD player that that meets the needs of a budget analog junkie...

Enjoy,

TIC

Thanks for the input. I'm also an analog guy with approximately 2,000 LPs and a Linn TT. I know at this price point I'll never approach the sonic quality of my TT with a CDP, but in reviews these three players always surface as having qualities similar to analog.