In Reply to: Universal Player or Not? posted by Steve A on March 27, 2007 at 07:52:58:
...get a Sony XA2000ES....a much more than decent $300 component. Later if you wish add a really great DAC.This is a superb SACD player and a better-than-okay CD player, plus can serve as a good transport (I use it with a Proceed DAC). It won't do DVD-A, but then it is a CD player, not a video player.
I use mine in direct mode, bypassing all digital processing except the basic SACD signal and it is as good/better than any SACD I've heard at a dealers short of the Meitner. Multichannel too, if you want it.
To me, the outstanding bargain in hi-rez players. Use the internet; you'll get a Canadian gray-market unit for about $270.
Harry
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- Given your priorities.... - theaudiohiffle 11:42:52 03/27/07 (0)