SACD Players

Hi, I too am looking to upgrade to SACD. I'm not looking at home theatre, I mainly watch the news channels, and soccer. A sound bar will suffice. But I learned a lot reading this post. And as I'm saving to buy something permanent. It is the Marantz AS30 or 10, I am chiefly interested in. Am I wrong in this train of thought? RICHARDBRAND, What do you think?

Thanks IAN.

@rlsammie

Congrats on the purchase. Please share feedback on the setup experience. 

I have an Oppo 205 and it sounds really good, especially with high quality SACDs like Mofi. They still service these players, just in case you need it. I have owned two Oppo players and they are really well built and I never had any problems with either one. I also use it for watching concert Blue rays or Dvds with sound going through my stereo. It's also made for surround.

The 105 also has the HDCD chip and the HDCDs sound really good too. The 205 sounds better than the 105, but no HDCD chip. I prefer the 205. I recommended oppo to a friend of mine and he bought a used 103 which he loves and it was cheap. Read about the features of each player if you are interested.

Oppo 105d should do the trick. You can only buy them used.