Looking for SACD player............

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The Absolute Sound Magazine recommends the Marantz SA 8005 in its 2016 buyers guide ( In the price range $1000 to $1400). Here is what they had to say:

"This two‑channel only SACD/Red Book player boasts parts, circuitry, and construction way disproportionate to its low price—virtues that are mirrored in its equally superb-for-the-money reproduction of music. Tonally neutral, authoritative and natural, with just a hint of warmth—thus simply sumptuous on big material like operas and nineteenth-century symphonies—the SA8004 is a music lover’s dream. Fans of hard rock, heavy metal, and the like may—may—find it a little too smooth, but it’s certainly no sluggard with such fare. It’s hard to imagine anyone who appreciates what real music actually sounds like not being seduced. The reviewer (PS) bought the review sample."  The price is listed as $999

The OPPO 105D $1299 is also recommended in this $1000 to $1400 price range.

The fact that the reviewer purchase the Marantz sample he tested is HUGE in my opinion.

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The Absolute Sound Magazine in their current (2016) buyers guide recommends the OPPO 105D as a best buy in the price range $1000 to $1400. Here is what they had to say:

Oppo BDP-105D
$1299
Few disc player/DACs can compete with Oppo’s BDP-105 at its price point (or even near its price point), because the Oppo offers a seemingly unbeatable combination of versatility, flexibility, and serious high-end sound quality. Clean, clear, and decidedly detail-oriented, it hews somewhat toward sonic leanness, but is far more revealing than it has any right to be for the money. With the BDP-105 what you hear is what’s on the record, with no comforting (but perhaps sonically misleading) infusions of softness, warmth, or bass enrichment. In sum, the do-all Oppo is a multi-format disc player and multi-input DAC with which your system can grow (and it is also the vehicle of choice for many firms offering ultra-high-performance upgrade mods). Finally, did we mention the Oppo sounds terrific when heard through top-tier headphones? 

My son had an OPPO 105D up to recently in his high end system (before he went to a completely computer based system). I know how good the OPPO is because I would listen to his system every 2 months or so.

I used to have  Sony 9000es modwright it's now under repair, the laser gave up, ten years ago it's one of the best SACD DVD player, but technology is now different, better and cheaper, I bought the Yamaha s1000 SACD, and the marantz SACD 8005, I used my marantz to my other system, the Yamaha right now is on my main system, to tell you the truth both of this player are very very good, either one you can't go wrong, for me I don't have any preference they are both neutral, powerfully musical, smooth, well made, I like Dan Wright (modwright) I don't have any desire to modify any of this players, even if there is any available modder, they are that good.i will never buy Sony , no parts, no available service.