Marantz SACD 30N

@hoodjem  So as you say the 30n is a Jack of all trades, but the flip side of that is that it’s a master of nothing.  It’s a transport, DAC, streamer, Bluetooth player, and preamplifier for $3k, and how much of that do you think goes into the DAC?  The streamer?  The answer is not a lot so there’s a lot of room for improvement in both, and they’re both critically important for better sound.  I started steaming from my iPad to my DAC and thought it was fine until I got a budget $400 iFi Zen Stream streamer (with their $100 iPowerX power supply) and the sound quality went to a higher level entirely.  Bottom line — using the iPad as a streamer sucks and streamers matter a lot.  If I was you my minimum entry level would be a Bluesound Node streamer with an external linear power supply and something like a Musician Pegasus II R2R DAC ($1100 through Amazon you can return) or better yet a Denafrips Pontus 15th ($2100).  So to answer your question directly, I’d budget $2k -$3k for a streamer and DAC to get a truly significant and noticeable improvement.  Just my $0.02 and experience FWIW and hope it’s somewhat helpful. 

@newelldon723 

I also have a Marantz SACD 30n. It's in a second set-up in my office. Mated with a Unison Simply Italy and ProAc Tablette, it sounds terrific. I mostly use it as a streamer and like the HEOS app. I have played SACD disks on it and think it does a super job. My SACD "Katy Lied", by Steely Dan, never sounded better.

FWIW, since I'm using a LAN CAT 6 connection, I got a Stack SmoothLAN Network Filter which improved clarity, focus, and PRaT.

30n is an outstanding player! @hoodjem Have you tried using filter 2 , if not give it a shot to see if the sound is to your liking.

I've noticed what seems to be a lot of these for sale. I always wonder why...

Transport failure I’m guessing. Mine died years ago on an SA-7