I read reviews and researched SACD players as they became popular… for a couple years…. It just couldn’t get myself to commit (had to be an audiophile component). I bought a dozen SACDs in anticipation. But Red Book CD players made huge advances in the same timeframe. So, I just got a better CD player. I just plain lucked out. Better to be lucky than good.p
I now have access to thousands of high resolution albums through Qobuz. They do sound better than red book CDs on my system.