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CD Player Recommendation

I posted a question about modding my wonderful Rotel RCD 855 the other day, and I looked into the recommended Rotel RCD-971, but I'm wondering if I shouldn't look into a newer CD player. I love the sound of my old Rotel, but I suspect the newer players are vastly better. I have a large collection of domestic and Japanese CDs, and about 1/3 of them are SACD. Is it worth buying a SACD player ? If so, what one is recommended for around $500.00? I'm not interested in a video player, only audio. Would a good quality CD player be better than a SACD player?
128x128oilbird
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If you like the sound of Rotel, why not stay with Rotel? Their newer RCD-1520 ($999) is quite good and if you want to save some cash you could look for a used RCD-1072.
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oilbird OP
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That is a good recommendation- thanks. Does it decode SACDs?
wildoats
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SACD is very good usually and the redbook layers are usually the best version too. I myself only buy hybrid sacd because you can burn the cd layer. The OPPO's are really good sacd players, even the cheap ones ($150 - $500). But, not as good cd players, even though they aren't bad at that either. I bought the marantz SA 2004 cd/sacd player which is also a DAC that you can plug other digital players, including computers, in to improve the digital conversion. I like the Marantz a lot but it is $1K, and there are others out there that are good for the same price. But few like the Marantz play both cd and sacd AND have digital inputs also, if that's important to you.
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