I can recommend a Naim CD5x. If I didn't love what it does, especially with HDCDs, I'd have gone 100% streaming by now.
What to replace a Rotel RCD 971 with
Hey - Folks tend to around and around on this but I need to replace my Rotel RCD 971 and I have a large collection of HDCD's most especially Greatful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band. Consequently HDCD is something I don't want to just brush off. With $1500.00 what would you do?