Quality of Sony SACD players as CD transports


To those who've used high quality redbook CD transports:

What do you think of the Sony SACD players as redbook transports going into an external DAC? I am thinking about the SCD-1, XA777ES and DVP-9000SE models.

Are these units, used for their digital out, in the same league as $3000-4000 transports like, say, the Levinson 37?

Thanks for the comments.
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Showing 1 response by hughes12

I have the SCD-1 and thought that I needed an external DAC. I purchased the Musical Fidelity A3-24. To tell you the truth, there was not an audible difference. The SCD-1 is great for redbook.