SACD solves my two complaints with CD and most other digital formats: 1) it restores the flow to music, and rids that sense of the music sounding chopped up, and 2) it provides the sort of low-end foundation and solidity to the music missing in those other digital formats. Yes, I have some poorly recorded SACDs, but they still do not commit the two aforementioned faults.
My biggest problem with SACD is the same thing as my biggest disappointment with SACD - the format flopped. And because of that, very little SACD content exists. Had the record companies stayed on board, I would have likely triplicated (already vinyl and CD) my library with SACDs. And oftentimes, what content does exist costs a lot. Content's enough of a reason not to worry about whether your player supports the format. If the machine you buy plays SACDs, that's certainly not a negative. But sadly, it's no longer one of my top priorities in a machine I'd buy