How Come NO SACD (Stock) Players With Tube Output Stage?


I know there are plenty of CD players with a tube output stage but how come there are none (or next to none) SACD/CD players with a tube output stage stock? Only one comes to mind was the Shanling SCD-200 I believe from the early 2000s and maybe the Ayon? Any others out there? I would think manufactures would want to please the audiophile crowd since both a SACD AND tubes are popular-thoughts?

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Showing 1 response by lalitk

dusted1,

Look at Ayon Audio CD-10 and CD35 players. SACD is a pretty much a dead format, very very few among us still buying the SACD’s. The sales of SACD’s nearly not enough to justify a steady stream of decent SACD players from manufacturers. Many HiFi manufacturers have stooped making CD/SACD players because the drives are difficult to obtain from OEM manufacturers.

I am hanging on to my Marantz SA-11S2 player until it stops working. Whenever that happens, not sure if I would be willing to shell out $4-5K for a decent SACD player. 

Let me ask you, what would you be willing to pay for a new high quality SACD player?