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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
 
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?
tmsorosk
1,013 posts
 
Markhyams ... Are you sure the Sa8004 has digital inputs , all I saw was digital outputs
markhyams OP
28 posts
 
Tmsorosk: Yes, according to the Marantz website. Check it out.

Mark
joeyboynj
621 posts
 
Take a look at the Esoteric SA-50. It has 3 digital inputs and its coax input that you will use with your Logitech Touch has a re-clocker and sencond PLL for ecternal inputs. This will reduce jitter to a small amount. Plus this player has a rock solid reliable transport. Look used here on A-gon they seldom come up.
mcintech
128 posts
 
I say you'd be far better off buying a used top shelf Red Book CD player than a mediocre SACD Player for the same money. Not many high end SACD players with a digital input at $1000, even used.

Compromise for price sake to obtain the superior medium and you get just that; compromise. SACD deserves the best in playback resolution.
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