An SACD question

Still buying and plan on continuing to do so.

Enjoy!

let me throw out the gauntlet.

let someone provide a good quality sacd player. i am confident i can find a tubed player or dac, which is redbook based over a most solid state sacd players.

if the sacd player is tube based, perhaps i would prefer the sacd medium.

if the sacd player is a solid state device, i think i could find tubed digital hardware using the hybrid layer.

perhaps an example would be the original zanden dac, which i find hard to beat.

Mrtennis, I dont think the hoopla is so much about SACD players as much as it is about SACDs themselves. You simply cant retrieve information that isn’t there. And while you’ll find me in the front line when it comes to complaining that too many SACDs disappoint for the money being asked, the best are untouchable by redbook IMO.

I still buy SACDs but I don’t gamble; I have to be convinced it’s a good buy.

Phaelon,
What are some SACD's that you find remarkable sounding?

I have an Ayon CD5S and it's an amazing CDP and Pre and DAC all built into one and it's got an excellent tube output stage.

That said, I still find my EMM Labs XDS1 does a better job with both RBCD and SACDs partnered with an Audio Research Reference 5SE tube preamp.

I buy SACDs whenever I can.. often blind, from cdjapan.co.jp

The SHM SACDs are pricey but I am generally well pleased with the quality.