What's a good digital CD player in 2017

[JellyJason]

Hi!
I am looking for a cheap CD player with a digital output. I am using the sennheiser HDVD 800 DAC/amp, so the DAC in the CD player is no use for me. However, a dedicated transport is way too expensive.
I wonder if a cheap bluray player really produces high jitter that result in noticeable distortion. Does a high price player/transport really sound better than asynchronous USB or a cheap CD player? Does flac files ripped with a 20-dollar cheap DVD driver compare to the original? What is a good CD player under 200 USD (if I don't care about the DAC)

 

[ProtegeManiac]

I am looking for a cheap CD player with a digital output. I am using the sennheiser HDVD 800 DAC/amp, so the DAC in the CD player is no use for me. However, a dedicated transport is way too expensive...What is a good CD player under 200 USD (if I don't care about the DAC)

Not for $200.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Shanling-Te...038346?hash=item4b1dd4e38a:g:pQgAAOSwj85YRQm5

I wonder if a cheap bluray player really produces high jitter that result in noticeable distortion.

It doesn't. The only thing I wouldn't trust about cheap optical disc players is the vibration management, but if you're using headphones, this is not a problem because you won't have airborne soundwaves (much less bass).

Does a high price player/transport really sound better than asynchronous USB or a cheap CD player?

If you can use USB sources anyway, like a computer, then why not rip your tracks and use that? You just need at minimum a quiet PC - like build a miniITX machine in a fanless Streacom case (it comes with heatpipes that will allow the CPU to use the whole case as its heatsink, like on huge amplifiers), or build one in a larger case so you can use several fans spinning at low RPM and you can fit a larger CPU heatsink with its fan barely spinning, and have an exhaust fan that's barely spinning. If it's for gaming it has to be a larger case (not necessarily for larger motherboards) to fit a large CPU cooler that can run almost fanless.

Alternately if you're going to rip them and you don't need a full PC, much less building one that's quiet (and then play Russian Roulette with electronic noise from some components) why not just use a music server like a Marantz NA6005, plus a NAS to store all the audio files in?

Does flac files ripped with a 20-dollar cheap DVD driver compare to the original?

Doesn't matter, virtually identical. It's the playback hardware that makes a difference. People saying their CDPs have more bass than their PCs with a DAC aren't taking into account the cooling fan noise.