recommend me a CD player + receiver!

cd player

slightly exceeds budget but it's good stuff. also try adcom or rotel. why pay retail?

my mother-in-law's bookshelf stereo/cd player crapped out on her and she wants a new one. can you guys recommend a receiver/cd player fairly cheap? it would be nice to have several inputs for home theater hookup and in the future a turntable (but not totally necessary). also cheap speaker recs would be nice...
thanks!

As always, what's the budget and how big is the room?

a very old and trusted CD player finally bit the dust this week after decades of tender care.

i have tons of CDs and no time/interest/storage space to rip them all to FLAC. i just want to keep being able to play my CDs. i know this is not fashionable right now. but I also wouldn't mind loading a bunch of FLAC files onto a USB drive and playing them that way, mostly b/c for reasons that are boring to get into it isn't very practical to play them through my laptop (and sound like crap when output through the headphone jack).

so... does anyone know much about the current state of standalone CD players? I want a nice, solid one that'll last me a while. good parts, heavy build. ideally it would have a USB port and decode FLAC, but that might be too much to ask since I can't afford more than $250 if I'm being honest.

CD players have become a niche item and it's actually hard to find reviews of them that aren't just for audiophiles with an insane amount of money to spend.

btw I already have a nice analog receiver that I'm not interested in replacing and wouldn't have the money to replace anyway. maybe eventually, but not now. i just need a new CD player that will sound real good on a mostly-analog system.

I also need a new CD player. Something that would be an inexpensive but high quality unit for a stereo system. Already got the receiver and speakers, just need a player. Something that doesn't suck obv.

PlayStation 1s are rated very highly by audiophile types as CD players and I suppose they'll have a certain retro cache by now.

http://www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/708play/

PlayStation 1s are rated very highly by audiophile types as CD players and I suppose they'll have a certain retro cache by now.

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^^total pain the butt to use tho

We have a PS3 that crapped out which we'd been using as a CD player. Not *completely* crapped out, we can still use it for streaming. But no more ps3 games or blurays or CDs.

What's your budget? $300, look at Yamaha and NAD (or Marantz on sale). Around $200 check out Onkyo or Tascam. Stick with single disc, not changer.

jesus those are expensive. are cd players expensive again now? you used to be able to pick up a decent one for $100.

I have an Oppo sacd/cd/dvd/blu-ray, which was the first model they put out. It was expensive; and they are still expensive; but it was worth it just for the diversity of what it plays (even though, now, I actually use it hardly ever since everything is digital)

you mean streaming? -- everything the Oppo does is digital.

i think i might get one of those fancy Oppo things when I next move, as long as I have the time and money to set up an integrated audio-video system...

xxp I just don't think there's much of a market for cheap CD players anymore so nobody bothers. There are more options in the >$1000 category than there are in the <$200. It looks like you can still get a Teac for $99 or a Sony for $150, but another $50 or $150 would probably be worth it if you plan to use it long-term and have a decent system.

yeah I mean streaming (rips from my computer to apple tv). otherwise I'm just playing vinyl. all my cds had to move to the garage for space reasons.