CD player closest to vinyl?

I always find these types of questions to be a bit off-base...in my view, you want digital that sounds like excellent digital and analog that sounds like excellent analog. Each format excels at different things, so if you try to get one that excels at the other's specialties, then you just wind up with a compromised product IMHO.

Ahendler, "If you want the sound of vinyl use a turntable, not a cd player."

Thank you! Every once in a while, someone puts things so brilliantly right that it needs to be wildly applauded.

Burmester 069 or Burmester 089.

Ahendler, "If you want the sound of vinyl use a turntable, not a cd player."

Trouble with this is that the needle has no groove to track on a cd.

Storage format dictates the equipment required, for me.

There are none. Digital is digital. But you could make vinyl sound digital, just put it through a A to D converter.