I saw a Denon 110th Anniversary SACD player for sale, either here or Audio Mart. Price was very right and build quality looked good. It is a current player, about 2 years old. I owned 2 Marantz SACD players at 2 different times, a SA8001 and SA8005. I am a glutton for punishment as I didn’t like the SA8001 and stupidly, years later, bought the SA8005. I found both too polite and the buttons on the SA8005 were tiny and felt very cheap. Personally, I would not buy another Marantz. I sold the SA8005 4 days after receiving it. I bought a top shelf Esoteric player at a fantastic deal and it is everything I want in a player.
Marantz SACD player suggestion
My Yamaha CD-S2100 SACD player died and looking to replace it in similar price range (but would never buy another Yamaha). There are 2 Marantz SACD players in the $3K range - SACD 30N and the SA-KI Ruby. Unfortunately, neither has balanced outputs. Any thoughts on the sonic differences between the two? Or how about the Technics SL-G700, which is balanced? Thanks.