Paul, I'm using a Yamaha CD-S2000 as a transport which I feed into a Merason DAC1 via S/PDIF (which sounds better to my ears than via Toslink). Not the ultimate resolution but fairly musical. The unit can also read SACDs but due to Sony proprietary restrictions only connected directly to the preamp via XLR or RCA. The replacement model CD-S2100 retails MRSP $3,000, worth it if you're also considering SACD functionality, otherwise for CD only the models you mentioned all have pretty good user feedback.
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