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Redbook+SACD Player to Replace Denon 5900?

I need some suggestions folks. I'm thinking about downsizing my system somewhat by getting rid of my Denon 5900 and going with a seperate DVD player and Redbook/SACD player. I don't care if it has DVD-A capability. I've even thought about forgoing SACD completely and just going back to Redbook.

My budget for the CD player is $1000 tops. If I decide to just go Redbook, the top contender on my list is a modded Jolida JD-100A, merely because I've owned a stock unit and loved the sound.

Does anyone have suggestions for me? My downstream equipment is mid-fi: Aragon Soundstage pre/pro, Sherbourn 5/1500A amp, Onix Rocket RS750 mains. Thanks in advance for your input.

Doug
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my $.02
I've owned a philips 963sa for SACD, and used it as a transport for redbook to feed my smART DIO (at the time).

its a great player for the money, and SACD sounds wonderful
however...
I believe that redbook through the right DAC sounds just as good as SACD to me. See the Benchmark DAC-1. king of redbook playback!
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