Inexpensive SACD player....?

Sony DVP-NS500V. Plays CDs, stereo and multichannel SACDs, even DVDs. It sounds much better than it has a right to. I just bought a second one (my wife uses the first one to play DVDs in another room) as backup to my XA-777ES. You can find them here on Audiogon for $150 or so. The Absolute Sound raved about it, and rightly so. I think you'll be amazed.

I have the Philips 963 and it works great for me.

Who sells these units? Curcit City.....Besr Buy????

I think the Sony NS775[Has Progressive scan] replaced the NS500 .BB or C City should have.

I've been listening to the Philips 963 for about a month and really like it for redbook CD (it has 24/192 upsampling). I like my Sony ES9000 for SACD and DVD, however. The "inexpensive" ($500) Philips would be better if:
1. It had digital inputs so other devices could be upsampled, 2. It had balanced outputs, 3. The remote was more "normal" -it lacks some basic functions we've come to expect.
For the money though, it's quite an impressive machine.