SACD / CD Player
kevhed72
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My Onkyo has bit the dust....which makes me sad since I just hooked it back up. Looking for a good, used player or transport that is considered "bullet proof" in terms of spinning and laser reliability. Also looking for good recommendations. Budgets is 1k which is a lot, but 850 much more doable. Thanks dudes.
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Man o man I am a sucker for an open box deal - what yall think of this Denon?
https://www.safeandsoundhq.com/products/denon-dcd-1700ne-cd-sacd-player-with-advanced-al32-processing-plus-open-box?variant=52792315969903
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Are you planning to use a DAC with it or just straight from the analog outs?
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DAC is the plan. Key is it has to play SACDs also.Are you planning to use a DAC with it or just straight from the analog outs?
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Hard pass! Denon lasers were my two least dependable players. I won't even get into their customer service.
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If you go for a DSD capable DAC, you might consider just ripping all your SACDs using a cheap bluray player and then you don't have to worry about another unit dying. For simplicity, I extracted the DSD files off all my SACDs about 7 years ago. Done once, and no worries about the laser going bad. There is no quality lost. You can play them from an SSD if you have a streamer than can read from local storage, or host them on a NAS which is nice, especially if you already have one.
I had a post in the Going Digital sub-forum about a year ago with links to other sites that detail the process. -
Hard pass! Denon lasers were my two least dependable players. I won't even get into their customer service.
Thank you sir..Here are some other options:
Yamaha 2000
Oppo 105
Sony ES but these are getting old in the tooth
Marantz DV series -
While I appreciate this idea, I will never get around to ripping my SACDs to local storage or a laptop.
If you go for a DSD capable DAC, you might consider just ripping all your SACDs using a cheap bluray player and then you don't have to worry about another unit dying. For simplicity, I extracted the DSD files off all my SACDs about 7 years ago. Done once, and no worries about the laser going bad. There is no quality lost. You can play them from an SSD if you have a streamer than can read from local storage, or host them on a NAS which is nice, especially if you already have one.
I had a post in the Going Digital sub-forum about a year ago with links to other sites that detail the process.
I am too lazy lol. -
At some point (we may already be there), there will be a severe shortage of good quality SACD players. Just saying.
They are pretty rare, but maybe worth looking. I was really happy with the Pioneer Elite PD-D9j that I had before I ripped my SACDs. The build quality was better than anything I saw at the time under $1000. There is essentially no difference between the original and MkII version other than cosmetic. I compared the service manuals at one point. -
Hard pass! Denon lasers were my two least dependable players. I won't even get into their customer service.
Agree. Every Denon combo DVD/SACD player I've owned needed a laser replacement, even at less than 5 years old. I never touched the brand for disc players after the 3930 model I had needed two laser replacements (DIY) to start working. Even then, it was the most picky player I've ever owned. It didn't really like CD-R discs.
EDIT: Actually, looking back at some of my thoughts when I had the 3930, it didn't have trouble with CD-R, it was the home burned videos on DVD-R that it didn't like. I did replace the laser and recall that being a headache.Post edited by billbillw on -
The Oppo Blu Ray players I have had have been bullet proof, if there really is such a thing when it comes to physical disc players. The disc drives will fail eventually.
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I personally like the higher end Yamaha spinners.
Nothing wrong with buying an older player and replacing the laser as it's usually pretty easy.
