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Sony helped invent the CD player, and today they don't sell one at all. Full breakdown above on which brands still take this format seriously. Did you know Sony stopped making these? 👇

I have a Sony CDP-CE275 and a CDP-CE545. Still working perfectly 👍🏾

I have a Belgian made Philips CDB-473 with a CDM transport and the TDA-1541A DAC. Still use it and it is solid and reliable.

I owned a NAD C540, and while it sounded great, I had a lot of issues with the CD tray—it kept ejecting—as well as problems reading certain CDs. Now I have a Marantz cd6007 and its very good.

I don’t listen to a lot of CDs but when I do I have the Denon 600NE using an external DAC by Schiit seems to work for me

When I worked in radio years ago, we had a ReVox CD player (love their reel to reel decks though).  Very pretty unit.  Wasn't long and it was skipping like crazy.  We took an RCA CD player out of the conference room and it had rock solid performance, so it stayed in the control room.

I worked at a warranty repair shop  we were authorized to repair pioneer CD players. PDM
Series. Multi disk. Player   Cart pioneer used the wrong lube. It Was destroying the plastic 500 units
Replace transport under warranty .  We did a butt load of PDM players

I remember having a marantz cd 63 paired with a marantz a100 class a amplifier with some Rogers ls55 floor standers it didn't have much bass but I've never ever had imaging like that before in my life and the mid-range was incredible.

I have one of those Sony Bluray players, but I don't play CD on it.  I have a Yamaha CD-S300, which is not quite as good as a CD-S303.  The laser head burned out in it once and I ordered a new one from Temu.  No idea why the first one failed, maybe a spike in the power.

What about cd player carousels? I was at a pawn shop about 10 years ago and they had a Sony carousel player that could hold 50 cd's. I forgot the model number. Right now I have an Onkyo DX C390 cd player carousel. I'm satisfied with this and I like how I can listen to a CD and change the other 5 ones at the same time.

I own an Onkyo DX-6830 and it's working for many many years... the only thing changed was the O-ring... and i'm cleaning the lenses once per year...

In a review I read that the Yamaha insert pauses between tracks.

NAD is acronymn for Never Again Darren

What I don't understand, why not use a cheap DVD player and use an external modern DAC.

I still have my Sony CX 90ES 200 Disk Player love it ...

Cambridge is apparently one of the few companies offering a transport only. My CXC drives an R2R DAC, which I prefer over the chip designs in almost all players. And this transport has the ability for you to select which cuts to play and in what order on a disc. (You need an earlier remote from Cambridge for this feature.) Formidable.

Still owning a Technics SL P550, excellent vintage cd player, inexpensive and i had luck, because i found it used

To be very clear, the true inventor of the Compact Disc digital audio system was not employed with Philips or Sony. James T. Russell of Battelle Institute developed the optical digital recording technology in 1966 and the working prototype of today's CD in 1973. It was shown to executives at Philips and Sony, who eventually pursued their development without crediting James Russell.  After some litigation and publicity, years later Philips and Sony publicly acknowledged James Russell's role in developing the fundamentals of the Compact Disc Digital Audio system, and for many years the companies paid royalties to his former employer Battelle Institute.

Still playing my impeccable Sony SCD CE 595

What about Oppo CD/DVD players?  I own a Oppo moel UDP-203.  Its a well built unit,