Is there a Blu-Ray player that does SACD and has Audiophile quality sound?

aka_ca,

Recall the title of this thread.  Which of the high-end spinners is a Blu-ray player?  I use an Ayre C-5xeMP for stereo, but it can't play Blu-ray discs; I use an Oppo 105D for that.

Thanks to all for your responses.  The pursuit of great 2 channel sound is not all lost on today's videophile players, but close. 

I find my MVP881BR does a terrific job.  Musical, natural, built like a tank.  The DVD up sampling is excellent, too.  Since they were recently discontinued, they are dropping quite a bit in price.  A far better deck than Oppo, IMO.

As always, there are compromises with anything.  You pays your monies and takes your chances.  Good luck & happy listening!

I would like to add Pioneer BDP-88FD to the list. While you can't beat best value offerings from Oppo and Cambridge Audio, Pioneer produced great sounding and well built reference players over the years.  

whatjd, if I may suggest, you might as well wait a while for upcoming offerings from Oppo or Cambridge that will also play 4K UHD's along with regular blu rays. 

Good luck!

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"dbphd
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03-03-2016 1:36pm

aka_ca,

Recall the title of this thread. Which of the high-end spinners is a Blu-ray player? I use an Ayre C-5xeMP for stereo, but it can't play Blu-ray discs; I use an Oppo 105D for that...."

I agree totally with you ..... No quarrel here that any the suggested 2-channel high-end units  is a Blu-Ray multi-channel player .

I also totally agree that the OPPO, CAMBRIDGE and ARCAM sit in the top-tier strata of the usual HT multi-channel players. 

Thus like reasons,  that is why we can have discreet stand-alone units .... One for HT/multi-channel and another separate unit for critical 2-channel to max out audio performance in their RESPECTIVE arenas. 

The second  part of the OP original post is asking whether any these multi-channel Bluray units actually offer "audiophile grade sound".
IMO that depends on how one defines "audiophile grade sound" .

The OPPO/CAMBRIDGE/ARCAM FMJ brand offerings are arguably best of breed common choices in the usual HT audio and video reproduction arena that are filled with many contenders and pretenders ..

 I just don't see any of them as "audiophile grade" audio performers. For me, that comparative yardstick rests with the best-available audio performance available arena .... IMO ... 2-channel. A multi-channel Bluray spinner ( just pick any of 'em) audio performance capabilities --whether in multi-channel or two-channel mode-- simply fails to match the audio performance capabilities available in quality build two-channel audio gear. 

Ergo, the best solution option for many of us in lockstep is the introduction of two different discrete kits  for the different arenas .., a best of breed in multichannel that is entirely separate from best of breed in 2 -channel.