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Hey Everyone,

I'm looking to buy a dedicated CD player for use with my new receiver, I only search it in www.ebay.com and www.sourcinggate.com. .I only need it to have digital output, not any inbuilt DAC/RCA-out functionality. I'd prefer the CD player to be quite small (at least in height), so that it perches on top of the receiver.

Does such a CD player exist? I've looked about, but most of the main companies seem to sell high-end CD players with digital output as an extra to high quality RCA output, which I don't need, and which I suspect add a great deal of bulk to the device.

Any recommendations would be appeciated, and I'm happy to look at older hardware, including stuff available only second-hand.

Thanks!

Considering you can get a thumb sized mp3 player with analog audio output, I don't think it would be adding much to a shelf cd player. You might also consider a DVD or Blu-Ray player - they also play CDs.

But why not rip the cds to a hard disk and have the entire collection at your fingertips remotely?

Actually any new DVD or Blu-ray player designed exclusively for HDMI fits your description.

There are CD players like that but they are all high end audiophile designs and you didn't touch on that kind of need or level of performance. Either way, think $5k to $30k for that.