Arcam Alpha 5+ CD player masterfully modded by Les at Avondale
The mods cost £350 on top of donor player. I believe Les puts in a whole new Non oversampling DAC and chose this player as the base for his mods due to great transport it uses as standard.
It will compete with players that cost very much more money and rarely come up for sale.
I would prefer collection as postal system is not always kind to CD players but will post at the risk of the buyer.
£200 + postage costs if needed
I'm told that Les retains the DAC chip (it’s a 1541), but removes the upsampling and then most of the mods are to improve the power supply.