Disappointed to hear that Cary has no CD Players.

Cary has a new player coming soon. Do a search on the DMC600.

Also, as a secondary option, perhaps think about trying one of the new Cary DACs with your current 306 as the transport.

***Cary dealer disclaimer***

I am both a Cary dealer as well as a dealer for quite a number of high end brands.

The CD player for all intensive purposes is dead. The Cary Music player that the other gentleman is talking about is a CD player/dac which is hardly a new concept.

Quite frankly I think you can get better sound with more convenience by going with a computer and a dac.

It is easy to load cd's onto a computer and with a really good dac the sound is fantastic.

With a computer setup you can easily find your music on a touch screen it is so much easier to find music and catalog it, I am demoing most of my systems with a 21 inch Gateway touch screen computer running windows 8 and Jriver software and Jplay.

Once you move into a great computer setup you will never go back to going through the pain in the ass nature of finding and loading cds.

"Once you move into a great computer setup you will never go back to going through the pain in the ass nature of finding and loading cds."

Right. Because burning an 800+ CD/SACD collection is "easy".

I can certainly understand someone`s preference for the conveniece of computer audio.But pulling CDs from a cabinet or rack and loading them has risen to the level of PITA? Is it that much of a chore? What level is playing LPs or R2R tape?
Regards,

The "cd player" basically is a computer, hardware and software.

Computer designs get outdated quickly but the CDP had a great run.

As painful as it is to accept, the new CDP will be based on Mac, Linux or Windows and Dell, Apple, , Lenovo, Intel etc.

And for audiophiles that like to optimize and experiment, this makes it so EASY and cheap to change out software and various settings etc.

That is great news!

What is it with "audio only" players that either do SACD or DSD, but not both? The Cary DMC600 is the most ideal "audio only" player, except that it does not have SACD capability.

Thank you Goldprintaudio the DCM600 looks great!
Also, agree with Charles1dad. Is it that much of a chore?
I don't mind....Thanks for your comments...