What's the best player or contender's under $1k?

A friend of a friend wants to know.

tabl10s04-25-2008 4:34am

mantisory Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 95 posts 04-25-2008 at 11:33am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Player? of what? My vote would be the clearaudio emotion/satisfy...with a decent cartridge it'll beat any cdp under 5k, hands down. For a cd player, looko for a rotel cd-1072 - a nice player with a great dac chip and also has hdcd decoding. b
aball Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,016 posts 04-25-2008 at 02:09pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The 1072 is nice but my Audio Aero Prima mk2 can be had used for $1k and it is a way more refined machine. It makes the 1072 sound mechanical and digital. The Rega Apollo is also quite good but lacks deep bass - which may or may not be a problem.
s7horton Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,077 posts 04-25-2008 at 07:53pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete the wadia itransport with a dac using apple lossless on your ipod may well beat any recommendation you can find for cd players under one grand.