Need a new CD player. Suggestions please.

OP

Lot's of DAC recommendations are going to come your way, though I did not see your budget.....the recommendations will change based on that. I can deduce (from your original budget and the 9000s $1,500 purchase price, that it is $2,000 to $3,500?

My $2,000 recommendation is super easy to make, the Denafrips Pontus 15th. It is the same the next level up Venus 12th. Do some reading, but in my opinion it is the best DAC $3,000 or less.....does most everything right, and nothing wrong, and is a tremendous bargain

how does the Pontus 15 compare to the 12 like i have?  and could it be upgraded?

Schiit Yggdrasil is very good for the money. I own a Gungnir and a friend has a Yggdrasil. 

I would get a cheap OPPO transport that plays everything, mine cost $150 used. Then spend $600-$900 to get a GeerFab D.BOB. You will need a DAC that supports the D.BOB. I had a Benchmark DAC3B that worked flawlessly with it. However, I sold it and now my 2 remaining DACs, the Schitt Yggi+ OG and the Schitt Yggi+ MIB, do not do DSD so the D.BOB is sidelined. 

DACs that support the D.BOB can range in costs from $200-$100 000. I was thinking of spending $400 to buy a used Chord Mojo 2 as a stop gap until I get a killer ESS chip-based DAC that I like much more than both Yggi+ I own. That DAC will work with the D.BOB since it does DSD over PCM.

Read the Stereophile review.

GeerFab Audio D.BOB digital breakout box | Stereophile.com

BTW - my last CD player was a modified Sony SCD-1. The D.BOB is no slouch and will surpass the great modded SCD-1 when I get the new DAC ($24k). 

meyersrbs

Sorry, no can do on the 12th to 15th upgrade, the new Pontus 15th is basically a Venus; the Venus 15th is the old Terminator, the Terminator 15th is the old Terminator Plus. Sell the 12th and get the 15th IMO

I'm upgrading this winter, and I may very well go with the Terminator 15th.....but that depends on tarrifs