The best CD Player for the money

Just curious, has anyone heard Alex's(APL Hi-Fi) new DAC?

The new dac is not in product yet. I was told this yesterday.

Just curious, has anyone heard Alex's(APL Hi-Fi) new DAC?

The APL forum/website is now saying (in a post from Brent that is more than a month old) that it'll be mid to late summer. Seems like it has lost some production momentum; don't know why. It's a very interesting design, at a decent audiophile price-point.
Ted

Easy. The used Toshiba SD9200 DVD/CD player --"with" admittedly 'excessive' AC conditioning and no less than an MIT Magnum AC2 power cord; until then you've never really heard it--and it can be had for under $300 used! Incredible on CD & especially HDCD. DVD-A is nearly like a record.

For me the best CD players are the Accuphase. The DP-57, the DP-67 and now the DP-500 are some of the best player in the market. They will last forever. And Accuphase has a terrific service, where you will get parts also 10 years from now. Remember, the laser pickup goes bad with use and you will have to replace it in the future. Not every manufacturer will do that, and many others which rely on third party transports will have a hard time getting replacement parts.
Many will not be in business 10 years from now.