Best Option In A CD/SACD Player Under $1,500.00

Don't get an oppo. Unless you want a DVD player. Get the best used player you can and spend the full 1500.

I would look at the REGA cd player its a steal at $999.00

Do buy an Oppo , a cheap 100 buck old one and run it with any number of $500 ish DAC's.

go with the oppo, good sound for the price.

I have both the Marantz 8004 and the Cambridge BD650, though in two different systems. I bought the 8004 used for $600 and the 650 new for $600. Both are excellent with SACD, and I would give the nod to the Marantz for CDs. The Marantz replaced a Cyrus 8x with separate power supply--which I had used for years and was quite happy with. I switched to the Marantz last year to play SACDs and was immediately struck by how much better the Marantz was than the Cyrus for redbook CDs! Both the Cyrus and the Cambridge might have a tiny bit faster pacethan the Marantz, but the Marantz is more detailed and more nuanced. I like them both and plan on keeping both. The Marantz is far less complex, but the Cambridge plays DVDa and BluRay Audio as well.