newbie help with speakers and cd players


Hello and thanks for reading this post. I guess I'll ask my easy question first... What exactly is the difference between a CD player and a transport? Now, for my next question (Please be gentle as I'm currently unable to afford Tube based Amps and $5000 Speakers :)...I recently purchased a Harman Kardon AVR55 Receiver and am looking for a good set of speakers to run on it. The models I'm currently looking at are as follows : Snell Acoustics E-5, Mission 773, KEF Q75, Paradigm Legend, and Klipsch SF-2. Also, any input on the reciever would be nice too..btw I paid $179 for it. Thanks for the input
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I know Im gonna get hammered for this but Ill post it anyway. Speakers on a budget to me mean that you dont have $2k to spend. I had a used set of Polk RT800s that I really adored. I have heard other models in Polks line up and would not reccommend them. Only the RT800 for its type and configuration of driver. They drove very hard and sounded very good compared to anything even close in price. I had purchased them for $450 used but in new condition with not even a scratch, and when I decided to move up I was easily able to sell them for the same price. Just my experience Im sure there are better speakers to be had but on a budjet I was very happy with the Polks