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SACD player with digital input

I'm looking for an SACD player that also has a digital input. A Logitech Touch would feed the input. I would play Apple Lossless, and 96/24 or 88.2/24 flac files through the input. I'm not sure how jittery the Touch is, so the digital input would have to reject jitter well enough. 

Currently I have a DacMagic, so I would want the performance to equal or surpass it. My current SACD player is the Sony 595. It is okay, but 96/24 files played through the DacMagic sound better than my SACDs, and I was thinking it would be nice to have a one box solution. 

Budget is $1000, new or used. 

I like the idea of a Cambridge 840C, but of course it doesn't play SACDs. Is this unit good enough that I wouldn't care about SACDs anymore?
markhyams
markhyams OP
28 posts
 
I'm looking for a SACD player because as a classical music listener, there are many titles to choose from in the SACD format, most notably the RCA catalog from the 50s. There are many new releases coming out all the time too.

If the SACD player doesn't have digital inputs, it's not the end of the world. I just want a player that will equal the performance of the DacMagic.
fafafion
190 posts
 
Marantz KI pearl.The shortest route to SACD magic,might have to folk out a bit more than a grand but well worth it...
simontju
257 posts
 
I agree with Fafalon. The least expensive SACD Player with digital receiver, I am familiar with is KI Pearl (Toslink)
face
516 posts
 
The Marantz SA-15S2 plays SACD's and has a optical in.
markhyams OP
28 posts
 
Thanks for the heads-up on the Marantz options. I looked at their website and the new SA8004 has optical, coax, and USB inputs. I looked at the manual, and the optical and coax support up to 192kHz, and the USB supports up to 96kHz. At $1000, it seems like something to try. What else is out there?
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