Bought my first (and last) CD player around 1987 and after it broke around 93 never bothered again.
With the local secondhand shop selling hundreds of CD's at a pound ago I thought perhaps I should have another look.
Was going to buy a very early CD player a few weeks back but when I got to the sellers house, the demo showed that it wasn't worth anything as it wouldn't play a single CD.
My wife reminded me that we have a bluray player that hardly ever gets used and could I use that - why didn't I think of that......
Now plumbed into the amp and playing some old CD's that I have and the sound is fairly promising
Midrange seems a little muddled at times but fairy warm sounding (not bright as I remember) but that could be down to the valve amp.
A quick pic of the unit:
I noticed that it has a digital out (coax) so my look at a DAC next year to see if I can make this player sound better - who knows, might buy a proper CD player