Found this old thread, thought I should revive it. Since KLAVS is coming soon next weekend.

I have a pair of Epos ES11 still working after 20+ yrs. Bought them in S'pore. It's paired to my Arcam Delta 290 int amp. The Arcam recently developed the notorious issue of crackling sound due to oxidation of the input selector switch but I used a quick fix of slipping a piece of card into the gap of the switch, seems to work for now. Not sure who I can find to do a more proper fix.

Otherwise both Arcam + Epos is sounding beautiful.

Nowadays I dun play CDs anymore. I converted all CD tracks to Flac files and play them on my smartphone - which is "cast" using wifi to the amp using Chromecast Audio.