ThanksYes it’s a good suggestion I hadn’t been aware of the PS audio sacd transport I will do some research on it maybe try get a listen, I liked the quality of the older players on CD
CH Precision D1.5I guess the best one-body sacd player in the market must be ….
Does it exceed your budget?
Similar story here. I upgraded from an Esoteric K-03X to a K-01XD. The new XD series (and the K1X Grandioso) with Esoteric's discrete component DACs replacing AKM chips was a big step up in performance.... and gives them independence from DAC chip makers.I upgraded to a K-01xd with a large improvement over the K-01x ( 3 revisions later) with Esoterics own dac rather than bought in as previous. Vast improvement, even more with the clock, but it then becomes a 2 Box player.
I’ve heard good things about the latest luxman players, and have always had a soft spot for Accuphase, only the gold anodizing putting me off.
Good luck with your search and ultimate purchase
If you could find one a used Modwright modified Sony ES-5400 or Marantz SA8005 sacd player (I own both) might surpass all of the above mentioned players because of the custom analogue tube output stage and separate tube rectified power supply. So might the PS Audio sacd transport combined with a good tube DAC.I guess the best one-body sacd player in the market must be the Vivaldi One.
Does it exceed your budget?
The T+A has very good built but I have never been impressed by its sonic performance.
If you are considering Esoteric K-01sx, I suggest you to consider the Grandioso K1 instead. Their sonic diff is clearly audible.
Ayon and Accuphase belong to musicality camp.
Esoteric is in the neutral camp.
Playback is in the middle of the above 2 groups.
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