in the one hand it's opinion only, for some it's alpine #F1 status is the top cd player, others say ODR is top of the notch. And thre are other cd players like mx5000 from McKintosh, Clarion hx-d3 and so on. In my opinion cd players are like an old ladys, that keeps looking around her selfs, but still getting old

It's tabs time, with better sampling, usb spdf changers, mini dsp and good dac. This is only mine opinion, but it came with my friend experiments.
Sounds like music...