My CD-player stopped working. Does it make sense to invest in a new CD-transport?

i also have an (embarrasingly) huge collection of cds, many of which i'm sentimentally attached to and couldn't bear parting with, so whether or not they sound better than the same material on streaming is somewhat irrelevant. for that reason, i'd always have a cd player around.  something like rotel or onkyo would do the job, but i've always liked the older universal disc players (pioneer elite, sony es, etc.) which are typically overbuilt to hell, do sacd and are really cheap used. alternatively, something like the oppo bdp95 is a very good sounding player.

Op if you have sacd collections, sacd player is an obvious choice. I will choose a company who has good tech support for sacd player. Advance Paris cdp is a very good cdp. It won’t play sacd.

Loomisjohnson I will advise buying new when it comes to buying cdp, sacd player.

Op if your cdp is more than 7yrs its not worth repairing unless its a very expensive one ? If my cdp is above 2k , I will at least try to find a good tech . If my cdp is 5yrs old and its less than 1k , I will buy a new one.My maranta sa10  7k regular price. And it was only 37 months when the sacd laser broke, I did my best to find the right tech and original laser courtesy of Agon members.Now it works flawlessly. 

Just replaced our landline phone that records messages, due to it conking out, with the same model some 12 years after purchasing the first (the new one works like a charm).

DeKay