Need help on a new CD/SACD player

I had a first generation Cambridge Audio CXC transport. I used it with a Parasound Halo Integrated. I purchased it from Spearit Sound and the first two that were sent to me skipped something awful. The third one worked fine but I wasn’t that crazy about it. I don’t remember exactly but the display wouldn’t show either the total time, time left on each track or total time left. Not sure which one as it was back in 2016. I also thought the transport could be noisy at times.


The problems I had may be fixed on the newer generation. I will say it had a good build quality and was better than the cheap players a lot of people use with a DAC.

When my Marantz CD/SACD player went belly up after a couple of years (I can't remember exactly why but it was probably its SACD capability), I replaced it with a Sony XA5400ES. It's now several years on, and the Sony hasn't missed a beat.  And yes I like it a lot. It's taken me out of the market.

Never ever had a laser fail. But I've never owned a Marantz disk player. Sounds like get another brand.

Second OPPO. I have their ultra-high-end BLU-RAY player. It’s fantastic!

The laser in my SA8005 died a few months ago (seems a recurring theme with Marantz), I now use it's DAC with an Audiolab CD transport. Not sure your Marantz has that capabilty but it was a good solution for me.