Interestingly, I have a USA brochure that shows both the CDX 2000 and CDX 1060 at the same time.
That is interesting since the CDX-1060 came much later, here in Europe the CDX-2020 stayed in the market all the way to the end of the "monsters". On the other hand we never got the CDX-2000.
I always question any head-to-head comparison myself as there just are too many factors involved to really know for sure with units like these.
Not really, it all comes down to 2 (maybe 3) different ways of listening (on the same support system);
1. (and most important!) as a whole, analog out. It's a CD-P, not a transport or power supply. Upgrades can be done to most CD-Ps, but that is in the tweek department not for "of the shelfe" comparison.
2. Most highend CD-P has a digital out so they can be used as transports, this makes it fair to compair the transport of the different players. But the result is only about the transport, not about the CD-P in a whole and only for people who use external DACs.
3. (and maybe) If you wish to be really pickey about it, you have to include the program you listen to. as with most speakers the CD-Ps also have there strong and weak sides in regards to program, but this only matters to users who exclusively listne to one kind of program material (like classic music or jazz). Most users have a greater mix of program and therefor needs a more overall perspective regarding the CD-P's capability of handling different program matriale and therefor this 3. kind of "testing" dossen't really matter to most users. Of curse allwayes use the music you normaly listen to when you test, don't start playing clasic music (or heavy metal) for testing if you never play it in normal listning.
You can always learn something new, but do alwayes trust you're ears. Don't get fooled by shiny cables or fancy rewives by people you don't know, rewives are only guides to what you might wish to check out when shopping - they are never final judgment. If a CD-P sounds fantastic to you, then it do not mater what is inside.