I have the same question. For me, SACD playback a must. There aren’t many SACD transports out there. I have decided to wait until Esoteric comes out with their K-05XD and K-07XD SACD players. The K-03XD has been out awhile and gotten rave reviews-- state of the art. The new internal DAC is incredible. I have not had a chance to audition the players because they aren’t available yet, and even the K-07XD might be above your budget, but just my 2 cents. The Esoteric’s have digital inputs--of course-- to utilize the DAC. Esoteric told me that they’d be out by now, maybe coming soon.
CDP or Transport and DAC? Recomendations?
Current setup:
Rega Apollo CDP
BlueSound Node 2i
Rega P6 TT (upgrading to P8 after 1st of 2022, when I can hopefully find a new one)
Rogers High Fidelity KWM88 Integrated
Tekton Moab
Looking for advice on a CD upgrade. Budget around $5000. Want new equipment. Is it better to look at a separate transport/dac or a cdp in that price range? What are your recomendations?
Have around 3000 cd’s dating back to the mid 80’s when cd’s first came out. Have SACD’s as well as burned cdr’s. Need to play everything.
The Audiogon members are always the most helpful and I appreciate your time/thoughts.
Thanks
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