Which makes more sense? - CD player vs SACD

uf you buy an sacd player , you will want to buy sacds. that's your chice.

in most cases the redbook layer will sound better played on a cd player.

as to recommendations, i would try to find one having a tube. instead, you could consider using your phillips transport and buy a minimax dac for $600. if you want , you could look for a decent transport for the remainder of your budget, in lieu of the phillips. perhaps, there is some kind of "server" or laptop that you can buy for no more than $400. I am not an expert on servers or laptops. i use the ps audio perfect wave dac with the minimax.

In 14 years you have only collected 70 seedees?

This doesn't sound like your hobby......

Shakey

70 cds in 14 years?
I think cds are not the way to go.
i have around 1k cds on my 8 years in the usa
I remember my evenings at union square virgin Records part of my american dream.
Now i am into vinyls a budget set up give me more pleasure than dgital.
Keep exploring you might want to check on comp audio or hi resolution files.
Good luck

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Shakey,

Just want to clarify, I was in the hobby 14 years ago when I had a collection of about 70 CDs. Then, I switched my interests to photography and RC planes for many years.

Now that I have a much bigger house, I'm coming back to hifi at a 'full force' :)

I bought a pair of Harbeth P7ES3 and am using an old Philips CD player and a Yamaha receiver as amp for now.

I'll gradually build up my hifi system. Next would be pre/power amp and a CD or SACD player.

Is the SACD more expensive than CD? How about getting into LPs? Am I jumping too far ahead?

Thanks,