are all sacd players the same?

are all sacd players the same?

In a word, no.

" I know that a cd dac at 1000$ is going to be pretty different than a Berkeley or similar at 5k"

Really? How do you KNOW this? They all the sound the same, UNLESS, one has had it's frequency response or noise level 'tweaked' to sound a certain way. As we do KNOW, from the turntable crowd, increased noise, limited freq response / dynamic range and high noise / distortion levels, can be appealing to some people.

thanks for all your help. i own a berkeley, and an esoteric player. i have misc dacs including rega so i am familiar with redbook on expensive and less expensive dacs. i simply did not know whether the format of sacd would be similar regardless of price point, or whether a player from ayre for example would be significantly better than a less expensive player like oppo. the surrounding system in this case will be mcintosh and revel studio 2. in other words, when do you get to the point of diminishing returns on sacd players, as i know that spending more up to apoint gets better results up to a lot of dollars (weiss, bel canto , berkeley etc.)

Yes the Oppo sounds like crap compared to the Ayre. I've owned both.

Emster-

yes, there will be a difference between a $1K vs. $5K disc spinner, additionally, there will be another difference between a $5K vs. $10K disc spinner.

Get out there and visit as many dealers/retailers as possible to log audition time w/ the players that interest you!
Happy Listening.