What happened with the SACD format?

I remember when Sony first released the format and had demonstration kiosks.
I first listened to it and said...whats the big deal. I did ultimately buy in and have
a rather large SACD collection, and while I liked the well recorded ones on my
OPPO BDP-105, I was not blown away with the sound difference. Recently I
purchase the Esoteric K-01 and now SACD’s are what I mostly listen to. The
difference between rebook and SACD is revealed by this player. Its huge! Thus,
as is obvious, I’ve concluded the benefits accrue to those with revealing systems.

Skinzy, most people don't know what you do-and never will. You're lucky to enjoy that Esoteric..

Re Skinzy: I recently acquired an Ayre C-5xeMP that I'm using in place of the Sony XA5400ES for stereo (an Oppo BDP-105 does surround and HT). DSD sounds superb, but that's no surprise. The surprise is that CDs sounds so much better with the Ayre.

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Someone here mentioned the JVC XRCD24 as being very good , the few that I have they are correct,.. The few SACD that I have ,sound wise I find them smoothed over and boring.
I found the same thing 13 years ago when I got rid of a modified Sony SCD 777es which I purchased new and later had modified with all latest bells and whistles of the day.
Present time I wanted to check out digital play back again with my own system on my own terms and put a budget together of just under 10 grand for new or slightly used player however the more I investigated all the choices of digital play back the quicker I backed off spending that kind of money.
For now I settled on a used ModWright Ultimate Sony 5400 that came up for sale locally ,after a few discs the play back I found was just tolerable but the price was right and if I dumped it today nothing is lost.

A remarkable improvement I found Symposium roller blocks 3+ under the power supply and player I guess is really needed for any cd player spinning that disc that fast .Forget the tube rolling and after market ac cords and other wires for now , you need to drain those vibrations first, however it won't make SACD play back any more lively ,...

Just when you thought CDs were Death....they bring them back....