For your budget I’d suggest a Tascam 200 as a CD transport with a Schiit Audio Gungnir Multibit DAC. Alternatively, you could go with a Cambridge CXC transport or Audiolab 6000 CDT transport. I like the Tascam as it uses a Teac 5020 cd transport, a very good drive.
The Oppos don’t have dedicated 44.1 kHz clocks, and Redbook CD suffers as a result, in my opinion. Most modern DACs don’t decode HDCD, but I have read that they still sound very good when the 16 bit layer is when decoded with a high-end DAC like the Gungnir. Schiit Audio offers a 15 day trial.
That combo should give very high end Redbook playback. For SACD or others, you could retain the Oppo. Otherwise, you could look for a CD player in the same price range, but I’m not sure anyone in that range would beat the combo I've suggested.
The Oppos don’t have dedicated 44.1 kHz clocks, and Redbook CD suffers as a result, in my opinion. Most modern DACs don’t decode HDCD, but I have read that they still sound very good when the 16 bit layer is when decoded with a high-end DAC like the Gungnir. Schiit Audio offers a 15 day trial.
That combo should give very high end Redbook playback. For SACD or others, you could retain the Oppo. Otherwise, you could look for a CD player in the same price range, but I’m not sure anyone in that range would beat the combo I've suggested.