dac or sacd?

Depends on what you already have.

Kal

You can also get a CD/SACD player with digital inputs that will allow you to access the unit's DAC to use with a PC or music server.

with a dac you might have more options because sacds are a bit expensive and not all titles are available. saying that i have both so don,t pay attention to this advice, haha

SACD is only ubiquitous in the classical music realm. There are very few titles in other music genres. So if you're a classical guy, go SACD. Any SACD player will play CDs, so you are set there. BUT - to properly play SACD you need a decent multi-channel system, i.e. a 5.1 channel home theater system.

While I am definitely committed to multichannel, it is plain wrong to say that you need a decent, or any, multichannel system to "properly" play SACD. All SACDs have a dedicated stereo DSD track and will play "properly" on any stereo system.

Kal