SEEKING A SACD TRANSPORT
Was originally seeking a new cd transport and then I realized that I have many SACD's and that I enjoy the improved sound they bring as compared to redbook cds. I do realize that not all SACD's automatically sound better than redbokd cd's. An example would be my Mercury Living Presence CDs. So far the only SACD transport I have seen is the Shanling Zenith Onix XST-20 which retails for $2400.00. My maximum budget new is $5000.00. I would prefer a transport over to a SACD player, as I would like to use my current Weiss 204 Dac. Thank you for any suggestions.
(lordmelton broke the budget) The Shanling ONIX would be great...except it's not truly gapless playback. There's a long thread on the subject on one of the headphone websites. PS Audio discontinued the Perfect Wave SACD Transport, which I think was $6K new. They've replaced it with the PMG Signature SACD Transport, which is $9K. I haven't seen anything else out there for a quasi-reasonable price. I've been looking. Good luck!
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there are many discussions regarding DSD and PCM, some players, some outputs inadvertently do conversions, possibly not stated in the description https://forum.audiogon.com/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=convert+dsd+to+pcm With help here I ended up choosing a used Sony SACD Player xa5400ES. If you end up buying used, you want one with not too many hours on the lasers that get weak with use, not age. "sends SACD’s DSD out RCA jacks without conversion to PCM."
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To use SACD player as a transport passing DSD to your DAC you need D.Bob between the player and DAC Or Shanling Onix SACD transport. What improvements over the Onix are you looking for? If you upgrade your DAC you will improve your SACD experience as well. |
This pure SACD/CD transport (no DAC) maybe a good option for you: https://www.mcintoshlabs.com/products/cd-players/MCT500 This is what I use, sounds very good to me. |
+1 @mgattmch |
