I spent close to a year trying to convince my favorite DAC maker to update my DAC so I can play SACD (DSD) using a transport. I have done this with a DAC I do not own, the Meitner MA3i and a GeerFAB B.BOB + OPPO player used as the transport. It was the very best I had from SACD. Tomorrow UPS is dropping of my DAC with the new feature to play SACD disks. I expect it to be better than the Meitner MA3i setup I thought was the best.
In the past, I owned a Sony SCD-1 SACD player modded to Level 5+ by Vacuum State. That was exceptional, however the new DACs + transport are the way to go.
What I recommend is the following transport over my 3 box setup for SACD.
Onix - Zenith XST20 SACD Transport (Black) - Music Direct
Then get a DAC that supports DoP on SPDIF input.
I have a used RME ADI-2 FS DAC that I got for $500 used and it supports DoP on SPDIF. I do not have the Onix but the D.BOB + Oppo + RME sounds really good. The Mietner MA3i and my imersiv D-1 DACs sound a heck of a lot better and I expect those to sound better than 1 box SACD players,
A few other DACs that would work this way are the Benchmark DAC3B, PlayBack Designs DACs, Holo Audio DACs, RME DACs, and DACs that support DoP on SPDIF. I have tried some DACs that say they support DoP on SPPDIF but it did not work.
There is a Stereophile article about the D.BOB.