Please be gentle - and no ridicule please?
I have just bought an Onkyo 875, Quad Lite 5.1 system and will be connecting with Van Damme blue speaker cable.
My current CD player is the Technics SL PD887 5 disc changer. I have had this for 8 years now and bought it way back before I knew any better. having said that - it's been immense! never ever skips - during many a party - will play CD and CD-R, and will play many a scrathed cd that other modern players will struggle with.
My question is - how much would I have to spend on a new player to hear a noticible and money worth improvement in sound quality CD wise? I appreciate that my current CD player doesn't have a digital out - just left and right phono - but many high end cd players still rely on left and right phono connections - correct?
Or, should I just buy a good lense cleaner (where from?) and two good phono cables - again, where from? and stick with it?
what da ya think?

I have just bought an Onkyo 875, Quad Lite 5.1 system and will be connecting with Van Damme blue speaker cable.
My current CD player is the Technics SL PD887 5 disc changer. I have had this for 8 years now and bought it way back before I knew any better. having said that - it's been immense! never ever skips - during many a party - will play CD and CD-R, and will play many a scrathed cd that other modern players will struggle with.
My question is - how much would I have to spend on a new player to hear a noticible and money worth improvement in sound quality CD wise? I appreciate that my current CD player doesn't have a digital out - just left and right phono - but many high end cd players still rely on left and right phono connections - correct?
Or, should I just buy a good lense cleaner (where from?) and two good phono cables - again, where from? and stick with it?
what da ya think?