As for state of the art SACD, I would not argue in favor of the 20+ year old Sony, impressive as that unit was.
State of the art today is probably ripping SACD files and playing them through a modern DAC that will accept the .dsf files. Limited there only by the DAC choice. Not familiar with quality of these, but perhaps a second choice is a Bryston/PS Audio type of device that will accept HDMI output from an SACD disk player.
State of the art today is probably ripping SACD files and playing them through a modern DAC that will accept the .dsf files. Limited there only by the DAC choice. Not familiar with quality of these, but perhaps a second choice is a Bryston/PS Audio type of device that will accept HDMI output from an SACD disk player.