Well nobody has mentioned it yet, so I'll put in a word of encouragement for the Metronome CD2V. In my older system that included Cary amp & pre, it beat a Cary CDP- 306/200 at a fraction of the price. They were close, but the CD2V has a more immediate perspect, more detail in the highs, all at the cost of slightly less deep bass performance. I sold the Cary and pocketed $1400 on the trade...You typically see the CD2V for sale here used around $1700-1800.
Cheers, Spencer
Cheers, Spencer