What's the best Sony CD/SACD player?

The Modwright 5400ES is world class and adds the dimensionality, weight and air that the stock Sony barely hints at!

I have always wanted the XA-9000ES cd/sacd player.
It has some really interesting features that are unique to this Sony spinner.

the XA-7ES has to be Sony's "statement" CD player.
It was pretty ballsy of Sony to build this $3K player back in the late 90's.

Anyone else using a Sony ES SACD spinner?

I have a stock Sony XA5400ES. I have owned it for 5 years and love it. It takes a long time to break in. I would be skeptical about any descriptions of the sound from owners who gave their impressions after just purchasing the player. After 500 hours or so, the sound really comes into its own. I like the xlr outputs, but only if I engage the grounding switch on my preamp. If using the rca outputs, I found it responds to different brands of cables. I like the Audio Sensibility Statement silver cables for this player.  I like the stock Sony better than my Modwright Oppo BDP83SE. The tone is fuller and more natural, and the images are more appropriately life sized. I notice this especially with redbook cd's. I think the Oppo is more transparent and detailed, but less 3 dimensional and "full" sounding. The Oppo plays my DVD-A discs excellently, and SACD performance is very good, and nice to compare with the Sony, so I am keeping the Oppo around.  But the stock Sony is clearly superior with redbook, at least for my tastes, which is the main reason why the Sony is still in my stable.