Any Good SACD Player Plays CD Well


I'm using Sony SCD555ES and wanna upgrade to a better one. For the range of USD10000, any good SACD player can do well at red book, which close to the grade of Wadia 861, Mark 390s, or Metronome T1-i Signature?
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In my 35 years of audio experience (and madness), and in MY system, based on MY tastes, My preferences and MY room, the EMM Labs is BY A VAST MARGIN, the best digital source I have ever heard. But what REALLY makes it so special for me with 1300 Redbook CDs, is that its Redbook performance is better than ANY other Redbook or SACD player I have ever heard (and I have heard almost all of the top shelf players -- e.g., Accuphase, DCS, Marantz, Burmester, Wadia, Audio Aero, etc). I am NOT a dealer or connected with EMM Labs, just a lover of music, a devotee of good analog and astonished at how good digital has become.
I must be the Lone Ranger and totally crazy here (no comment please Tim), but I actually LIKE my BUTT ugly Switchman. That darn thang is so homely it is cute, kinda like a bulldog!!! But let me tell ya, when you hear what the Meitner stuff SOUNDS like, if you really love music, it is kinda like the difference in opinion you have of the unattractive woman after having 8 beers!

But, as always, YMMV!!!