CD/SACD player Under $4000


Looking for a new player. My Sony XA5400 won't play sacd's. Tried a new laser assembly but still won't play sacd's. Like to find something at least as good as the Sony. Does not need to be a network player. Open for suggestions!

johnc5

Buy another XA-5400 for 1300 or so. Bought mine second hand 2 years ago had no problems and am listening to it playing Pretzel Logic CD right now. Plays CD’s very well and is ALSO a great CD transport into my Gungnir Multibit (A2) DAC. 

CDP-XA5400ES>Pioneer C91 preamp>Mcintosh MC352>Monitor Audio Silver 500 7G speakers= happy camper @ 4:00 pm......

@faustuss In my world, if you don't have it in writing or in your safe, you don't have it.

Herb Reichert just reviewed the Technics SL-G700M2, which combines CD/SACD player and network streamer for $4k.  

I found a used OPPO BDP-83 that plays just about any disk format you can come up with. Digital out, into whatever DAC you have works well. It's rock solid and although Oppo is not being made any longer, their service department is still open for business. Inexpensive transport and spend the balance on your DAC.

From Oppo:

Disc Support:  Blu-ray Disc (BD-ROM, BD-R/RE), BD-Live with 1GB onboard
storage DVD-Video, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW
SACD (stereo and multichannel)
DVD-Audio
CD, HDCD, Kodak Picture CD
AVCHD, MKV, and other media files from disc or USB 

@will3 Love the older Sony's, can't go wrong there if the price is right. Fixing those is becoming a problem is it not?