SACD Player/Transport Choices

I have the McIntosh MA7900 and 2 years ago purchased the Denon 110th year anniversary SACD player.DCD-A110 retail $3,500 but I got a deal on it. It is 2 channel audiophile and weighs 37 lbs. I recently was able to hear the new McIntosh SACD player that costs 8 grand and maybe it's because of my JBL speakers but I like the Denon equally if not better. There is no need for an external DAC in my opinion. I have collected about 85 SACD discs and in my opinion the original single layer ones had the best sound although the hybrids are good too. My 2 cents.

Sony XA-5400ES used a system called HATS only compatible with matching Sony AVR to send the DSD layer, like PS Audio does.  I switched to Marantz SA-10 when PS discontinued their transport.  You could use this as a transport via coax but it plays sacd and upconverts everything including pcm to DSD 11.2.  The "dac" tech is proprietary.  Not a chip, not a ladder, not a ring dac.  New model SACD-10 just released, way more expensive, making lightly used or open box or even new old stock SA-10 very affordable if you can find one.  Listed for $7k, which was way less than new Luxman or Esoteric.  Has not been reviewed yet and I'm hoping it will.  SA-10 predecessor never had a really thorough review I could find.

I have the Luxman - D-07X SACD Player . I use it as my DAC as well at it sounds amazing

I have an MCT 500 and love it. I am not aware of any other SACD transports, just players. It’s the proprietary nature of SACD that make a transport difficult to make without some sort of special connection like McIntosh provides. If I were looking for an SACD player of the highest quality I would shortlist both McIntosh and Esoteric.