Ayre Cx-7e MP or Marantz SA-11s2 SACD - anyone?



I’m upgrading my source but don’t want to invest too much in a CD/SACD player since I don’t have a lot of collections of CDs (about 100 CDs) and no SACDs yet. BTW, I intend to get into analog/LP in the future. Now I’m looking at two similarly priced CD/SACD players:

Ayre Cx-7eMP CD player

Marantz SA-11s2 CD/SACD player

What would you choose and why? FYI, the rest of my setup consists of: Ayre K-1xe pre-amp, Pass Labs XA30.5 Class A power amp and Harbeth C7-3ES speakers.

I’m looking for a solid-built, high-quality player which is musical, involving, dynamic with speed, high resolution and good transparency yet non-fatigue. Not sure if I asked for too much at this price range.

Thanks for your feedback.
r0817

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