I'm stuck on choosing. I like the Marantz because it has a headphone socket with volume control and is the OSE model. I like the C521BEE CD Player because its cheap enough and gets ok reviews. The C542 CD Player I like the best so far as it gets the best reviews and plays HDCD and has a Burr-Brown Sigma-Delta 24 bit DAC. I thought I had to include the 2 cambridge audio Azur CDP the 540 AND 640 I like the look of both cd players but they both seem to have rather bad reviews on this sites product reviews lastly the Rotel RCD-02 18 bit HDCD it looks very nice and I have heard it goes well with B&W speakers.