Best SACD player $1,000-$1,500 Range

The Tube Research Lab (TRL) modified Sony 2000ES sounds great. It's $400 new, with the mod going for $750. I haven't compared it directly with the units mentioned in this thread, but I have heard it against other machines - including tube players and a highly modified Oppo 980H. To my ears, and in my system, the TRL Sony is very natural, analog sounding ... the closest thing to my turntable. Good luck, and happy listening.

Audio Advisor is selling the Parasound Halo D3 for $999.99 on clearance. Balanced outputs and all. Fantastic deal, even if just for SACD.

i visited audioadvisor's website. the d3 is no longer available. in its place is the d200, a $1500 universal player, discontinued during 2008, selling for $599.

Mrtennis....wow, I literally must have grabbed the last one.....it was shipped on Dec. 24. Hopefully, the sound on SACD is all that I've hoped for. The few blurbs I've read online about the player stated that it is excellent for audio/music, but only so so for video. Probably not much difference between it and the D200 except for aesthetics and the balanced analog outs.

I had the Parasound D200 for about a month or so. Nothing to write home about. My old Sony DVP-S9000ES had much better SACD performance all around, CD performance was about the same as D200.