I just picked up an Orelle CD100se on ebay for £60. It is 9 years old, and was considered to be a VG player in its day (RRP £650). It is based around a single crown tda1541a (worth the outlay for that alone), and sa7220 4x filter, with CD4 swing mechanism. The player is in great condition, and has not been used much.

This should make a very good machine for upgrading

What I hope to do is bypass the digital filter, and put an analog filter in the IV stage, convert the transport into a top loader with a Naim CDS puck, build a heavy duty off board power supply, and tweak the sound with Black Gate caps. It will be interesting to see how it turns out.

Dave