[slick]

I'm looking for a nice CD player/changer for my home system. I have my whole CD collection ripped to my HTPC in WAV format and it sounds great when played through my receiver, but I don't always have my HTPC on and would like a decent CD player to handle music from when the HTPC is off.
A changer would be nice, 5 disc, $300 is what I would like to spend and I would buy used.
I really don't think I would benefit so much from an expensive unit, but I know you guys will probably have good suggestions for a more budget player.

 

[Sodacose]

Everything I've read says that the Sony SCDCE595 is a great buy (I've been scraping together some dough for one too as a matter of fact). At only 150-ish it's definetly within your price range. They are getting harder to find, though, as I believe Sony has discontinued it.

 

[slick]

Found one on Audiogon.com, $95. Looks like a nice player and does SACD also which is nice (even though I only have one SACD, lol).

Any more suggestions?

BTW, what makes the SCDCE595 a great buy? Not questioning, just wondering what it is.

 

[Sodacose]

Try googling for some reviews of it. There's plenty out there. From what I gather it has great normal CD playback, but the SACD is the cat's pijamas. And for $150 bucks it's a steal.

 

[Gorthon]

Anyother member and myself just recently asked the same question. Here is a link to that thread. Inside this is a link to my original post.

Good luck!

 

[Hellacious D]

Not to hi-jack, but would you need an amp to use that player with Beyerdynamic dt880s?

 

[GeekGirl]

I just added my opinion (not a review, I just got it) of the SCD-CE595 at Gorthon's link: http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showt...=1#post1909988

Hellacious D: You need an amp for the SCD-CE595 - no headphone jack. You can set it to output 2-ch SACD for headphones.

 

[BluesDaddy]

A number of places have it in the $120 range. Do a Froogle search and you'll find it. JandR and B&H among others.