I used to have one like that a couple of years ago, its the Sony CDP 3000 ES. Bought it when I was in Japan for about 21K (everything seems to be more expensive there) but mine wasn't the ES version. Meron pa nga don CDP 5000 with the better DAC and puck. I traded it in (plus cash) for a California Audio Labs CL-15 that I saw in AV Driver. The Sony was ok, loading a cd sure was fun (kahit medyo mabusisi - bukas ng sliding glass door, tanggal ng puck), but during the AB test with the CL-15, the latter was easily more refined and had way better resolution (plus it had a pre-amp capability). As a transport only, maganda rin siguro yung Sony kasi ganda ng readout sa display, at merong optical and coaxial digital outs at the rear. Coupled with an MF A324 DAC, could be better than most integrated CD players at that price level.