Which SACD Player to buy now?

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Since PS Audio doesn’t currently offer a SACD Transport, which product would you buy today that outputs DSD?

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I would wait to see what PS Audio comes up with

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Price $2299 with tariff $3000 :confounded_face:

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I bought the technics 700m2. It’s a solid unit. Reasonably priced for what you get.

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… I’m looking very much forward to getting some details about PS Audio’s new SACD-Player at Axpona 2025? Well, let’s wait and see.

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Happy cake day! How many SACD transports can one make? lol

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I waited…and just made a deposit on the PMG Signature Series SACD Transport!

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What am I missing? The new PMG looks exactly like the “old” PST except for the esthetics.
Have I missed the functional improvements?

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I don’t think I heard there were any functional improvements. Mostly cosmetic to match the rest of the PMG offerings.

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You’re not missing anything, Ron. Aside from a slight improvement in specs, noise, and Jitter, the two are the same.

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Kalimera Paul and thanks! Hope you two enjoyed Greece.

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What multi-channel SACD players are folks using or considering?

I have been very happy for the past 7 months using my DirectStream DAC MK2 DAC while playing Red Book CD’s and SACD’s but had hoped my next upgrade would be a new multi-channel SACD player with some DAC solution (perhaps multiple PSAudio DACS as I have seen mentioned here!) at some point. Right now I am using a SONY changer over an optical cable for Red Book CDs and my Oppo 83SE over I2S into a D.Bob into the DAC over COAX. They both sound great but my old NAD M5 SACD player usually adds something when playing the multi-channel SACD layers. That may be because my front speakers are Vandersteen 2C Signatures but my center is their VCC-5 which is higher up their food chain. Since I have hundreds of multi-channel SACD’s I would like to upgrade that path someday/somehow.

Thanks

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Does anyone still make these? Other than blu-ray combo players that Oppo use to make. Sony hasn’t had a player in years! Talking multi-channel.

Welcome to the forum!

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Magnetar Audio is the best you can do for multi channel SACD and 4K Blu Ray player. Very comparable to the last generation Oppo players.

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Thanks to you both. I have been considering the Magnetar or getting a used Perfectwave Memory Player so I can use I2S feeding a few DACs.

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Used PertectWave! Have been completely happy with the one I purchased

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