SACD Transport Recommendations


I am looking to upgrade my CD source equipment from a Yamaha BluRay running through a Denafrips Ares II to something that will enable me to play SACDs and get the full DSD experience. I’ve been looking at the new Marantz and Technics SACD players and I’m happy to invest the $4k CDN to get there. However, I prefer the idea of a transport with an external DAC as an upgrade path. Problem is that I haven’t come across a transport-only device that plays SACDs. Any recommendation?

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Showing 1 response by ghdprentice

I’m not sure of your associated equipment. But streaming has advanced to the point that investing that kind of money you can get you a substantial streamer that could probably provide equal or better quality sound.. but for less than the price of SACD a month you would have access to nearly infinite music much of it high Rez. There are thousands of HiRez titles... if it’s on SACD then it is probably on Qubuz (better service) or Tidal.
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Manufacturer after manufacturer is discontinuing all disc players because the age of digital disks is over. Unlike vinyl, the digital disk only contains files... so there is noting unique about it. I recommend looking at Aurender... my first good streamer was an Auralic Aries G2... and that was really good.