CD/SACD player Under $4000

@boltapuresource Geerfab is a breakout box that uses audio/video HDMI, found in BluRay and other audio/video  players.  Its HDMI is not the same as HDMI (I2S) used by the more traditional SACD players.  Plus, I suspect you are actually not getting true DSD layer??  I am seeking to get true DSD64 out of the pure SACD Transport into a DSD DAC.

@boltapuresource I stand corrected.. you are getting DSD that is wrapped around PCM... Usually referred to as DoP.. But your player is still an A/V product, not a pure SACD audio product.  I prefer to keep my higher quality audio  and all video separate as much as possible as I have a totally dedicated system for just two channel with no VIDEO capabilities at all..  

Hey @yyzsantabarbara have you tried the Onyx transport with the Meitner DAC? I’m very curious about how that transport sounds. 

For Christmas, my wife "accidentally" gave me two volumes of the Blue Note reissue series on SACD. On our Christmas lists, I had requested them on vinyl, and didn't have the heart to point out the error. But it had the effect of making me want to up my disc spinning experience. I had a perfectly acceptable Oppo 105, and wondered what might be an upgrade in the $3,000 to $4,000 range. 

After doing some reading (here and other places), I thought that the PS Audio DirectStream Memory Player, and the DirectStream DAC (used, from The Music Room) might be that upgrade. Turns out, it really was. I play mostly vinyl, but I have a lot of discs, too. This new combo has allowed me to enjoy my numerous box sets (the wonderful Glenn Gould box was part of my morning concert today), and all those SACDs I got from Berkshire Record Outlet. I'm not saying it is close to state of the art, but it was a sizable bump in richness, detail and musical feeling over the Oppo 105 - which I liked (but wasn't playing much).