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New to dac/cd transport concept

I'm new to breaking up the cd player and dac into seperates. Some seem to love the results, While others don't. My question is if I use my marantz 8260 cd/sacd player as a transport and marry it with a very good used dac of the 1-2K range used will I gain anything?
Also will I still be able to use the dac w/sacd's,or will the dac have to be sacd capable. Have no expierience with this type of setup if the questions sound stupid.
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osgorth
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>>There are no outboard DACS that will decode the DSD datastream of SACD.
>>You will not find a high end Transport DAC combination that will play SACD as it is a proprietary format.

Where did you get this from? There are several transport/DAC combos that play SACD, including but not limited to EMM Labs, Esoteric, dCS, MBL and you'll find many others by searching around in here.
osgorth
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I can't answer you there I'm afraid, since I have no experience with any of them. :) I play only regular CDs for now.

Check out the thread called "Reference DACs - an overall perspective"-something and ask the guys in there, they are very knowledgeable.
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