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Searching for a new CD player

I would like to purchase either a new or used CD player.  Budget is about $600.  My biggest priority is finding one that will play CD's that contain some scuffs and scratches.  My current Yamaha 300 model that is a few years old does not do well in that respect.  I've read the Audiolab 6000cdt transport is good with CD's in bad condition but I will then need to add a DAC.  Not sure if any of the less expensive DAC's like the Cambridge Audio DAC Magic 100 is worth the cost since it appears to be about ten years old now.  Wondering if buying a new Marantz CD6007 or Rotel CD11 Tribute might be better since the DAC's are newer?  I noted the new Music Hall C DAC 15.3 is pretty good at handling troublesome CD's.  

Or would there be some used CD players that might outshine the new models mentioned?
will62
will62 OP
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Thanks for the additional replies.  Working a lot of OT at work this week. But I will have time this weekend to start researching the units mentioned.

Crustycoot.  Thanks.  I have a 30 year old Onkyo CD player that handles the scratches and scuffs better than the Yamaha.  But it is pretty dated now and as you noted, the laser probably has a limited lifespan left.  For its time being a $250 model it was halfway decent.  

Owned a Nakamichi tape deck in the early to mid 1980's.  BX2 I believe. 
tweak1
3,766 posts
 
+1 for the Marantz HD CD 1. It's built like a tank

or

Shiit should be introducing a cd player soon (or is it a transport?)
mesch
3,530 posts
 
If your Onkyo has digital output use it into a newer DAC. 
anton99
58 posts
 
Schiit will introduce a transport, I think; at least the guy I swapped emails with me said so. With even the Modi MB DAC it should be a decent combo.

But check out the Audiolab 6000 CDT. It's $549 new (I got one for $400 on USAM, so used ones are out there), and it needs a DAC. The Audiolab is usually preferred to the Cambridge by those who have used both (I have not), and A-lab claims one of its strengths is accurately reading less-than-perfect cd's.
dyl71
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Schiit will introduce a transport, I think; at least the guy I swapped emails with me said so. With even the Modi MB DAC it should be a decent combo
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If they include an i2s port it could be quite a contender.
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