A Low Cost Pleasant Sounding Used CD Player?

@tsampa better than all the CD players I have owned. Replaced a highly rated Sony NS. Noticeably improved my system. Originally purchased because my DAC only had a USB input. And the Shanling had USB out. I have no regrets.  

I would like to suggest that when a Shortlist is produced or a CDP is selected that is looking to be your Objective to acquire, furthering the investigation is done prior to the purchase.

Used CDP's can live on for a  very ling time if the Part are available to support them when required. Some Models are valued and up to date parts are discovered by advocates that are exchangeable.

It will not take long to learn how a CDP Model can be kept in its finest working fettle.

The Linn Majik may be discovered to be repairable without Linn involved?

https://www.hifikabin.me.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4282

For under $200 you can get a new universal disk transport from Sony which plays CD, SACD, Bluray and 4K including a vast range of audio formats including multi-channel and Dolby Atmos.  You get two HDMI outputs, one purely for audio.  Don't even bother comparing the purpose-built HDMI with USB ...

buy a used Rega Saturn and replace the laser  you will love the sound.

Happy Listening

Good suggestions above.  Let me suggest another way to go.  If you have a DAC then you can use a CD Transport.  You can also use a CD optical player that when attached to a hard drive can rip your CDs or can just play them when attached to a DAC.

 My NAS is a Melco N 100.  I use the Melco optical device primarily to rip CDs but every now and then I just play it from the device.  I’ve done the same thing with Apple Optical devices.

  The OP said he rarely plays his CDs, so if he is interested in ripping them to a server an optical device that both plays and rips might make sense