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In Reply to: RE: Affordable SACD players. posted by Opus 33 1/3 on March 02, 2015 at 06:55:32
Marantz SA-8005 comes in at $1200. Doubles as a DAC.
I have the prior model SA-8004 and like it a lot. I haven't found anything under $2k +/- that I like better.
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I can also throw in a vote for the SA8005. I have had a lot of players and this is in the top 3, and less $ than the other 2 top ones I have owned.
On few occasions I need more universal, DVA Audio etc, I feed the spdif out of my Oppo 103 into the back of the Marantz and use the SA8005 as a DAC. Truly a great bargain for all it does, and how well it sounds.
while the vast majority of my high-rez discs are sacds, I have more than a few DVD-A discs.
For this reason, I'm leaning toward the Oppo UD player or one from Marantz. Both are in the $500-700 range.
Opus 33 1/3
Not sure a sub $1k universal player will do much for you sound wise on SACD. I would think it a lateral move.
Might be better off ripping the DVD-A discs and playing via PC
If you really want a DV9600 (vs. what I suggested above), I have one in what is my guest bedroom/bonus room. It basically doesn't get used at this point except a couple of times a year. At one point I used it in the main system until I got a modded Oppo BDP-83 (which is better in the modded form I have) and then I went to the HDMI Audio De-embedder with a DAC before going to file playback. My Marantz DV9600 is in excellent condition and if interested I can pull it out and send you high resolution photos. As a transport for CDs with a DAC, it is the 2nd best I've ever owned, and 2nd best to an expensive Proceed PMDT and I've owned and still own lots of transports among multiple systems (2 LD players, an Integra DVD universal - which is an excellent player too and will pass 176.4kHz from an HDMI Audio De-embedder, 5 Oppos - two 103Ds the most recent ones, a Sony Blu-Ray Player, PS3 and probably a couple of more and I got rid of things before a move next year).
The good thing about the DV9600 is at around $350 you can get a DAC and have killer CD playback in addition to DVD-A (and the DV9600 is among the best I've owned) and SACD. A friend had the Sony SACD player (not the DVD player that played SACDs - I owned the DVP-9000ES in my bedroom system at one point) the 9000ES and it has similar sound (the bass is a bit better on the Sony and I owned the model before the 9000ES and had it modded and in unmodded form the Marantz is around the same as the XA-777ES in terms of SACD playerback.
Let me know if you are interested in the DV9600.
I picked up for $350 off of ebay. Original box, looked near new.
These sold for about $2000 when new but now obsolete as not play BlueRay so of no use as a modern multi-player.
But REALLY good as a DVD/CD/SACD player.
Link below: Buyer beware, not my auction!
I concur w/ Ivan-
those late decade spinners like the DV-7600, DV 9500 & DV-9600 were excellent.
I've had some bad experiences recently with damaged goods. Looks like what I'm looking for, though.
Opus 33 1/3
That shouldn't surprise, though.
I second this recommendation.
I have the 8003. It replaced a Cary 303/300 some years ago. I've never felt any need to look further. It's an excellent machine.
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