Sony SCD-1 is it the best player for the money?

Thats really surprising, but I wouldn't think it would be close on sacd.

The SCD-1 is a very nice looking unit and built like a tank. That alone gives it some value and the built like a tank thing does translate to some performance gains.

It was a better than average player in its day but it no longer is a real contender and hasn't been for some time. Whether it be SACD or redbook.

-IMO

However, a well-modified SCD-1 approaches current SOTA in both RBCD & SACD.

Mine drove me nuts with disc read problems. It had vsei mods which sounded very good, but it is not worth the headaches, plus parts are getting very hard to find for the transport. The Northstar transport/DAC that I replaced it with sounds even better than the scd-1 with vsei mods.

I ordered mine already so hopefully it does a good job, and I don't think you can ever win anyway technology keeps changing
plus this player was way over my budget but I figured for the money it was the best I could score, and I could always use it as as transport later on and get a wadia 150 dac if need be in
a few years anyway thanks for the info greatly appreciated.