I think you have to ask yourself, "how much music am I willing to lay down my hard earned money to buy that is in SACD?" If the number of discs you are acutally willing to pay money for is significant, in proportion to your whole collection, you should seriously consider a good SACD player with excellent redbook (or a very good SACD player and an outboard DAC).
I now own about 85 Hi-Rez discs (80 SACD+4 DVD-A+1 XRCD). All of the music I purchased in these formats is essential to me; it is amongst my favorite music that I spend most of my time listening to. I have about 400 redbook CD's as well. So, before too long Hi-Rez discs will make-up about 20% of my collection. A significant proportion.
Most SACD discs, to me, in my syestem, sound vastly superior to their redbook counterparts. That said, there are some that do not sound that much better than their remastered (20/24 bit)counterparts. But this has been the exception, not the rule. I buy almost all my Hi-Rez discs used or on sale, and will shop around for a good price.
Since I acquired the Exemplar Audio modified Denon 2900, I do not hesitate to buy a remastered redbook disc over a SACD that is priced significantly higher that I don't want to wait to find on sale or used. I recently did this with two Miles Davis CD's when the Borders Store near me had their Jazz Music Sale in August.
That's my 2 cents, good luck,
I now own about 85 Hi-Rez discs (80 SACD+4 DVD-A+1 XRCD). All of the music I purchased in these formats is essential to me; it is amongst my favorite music that I spend most of my time listening to. I have about 400 redbook CD's as well. So, before too long Hi-Rez discs will make-up about 20% of my collection. A significant proportion.
Most SACD discs, to me, in my syestem, sound vastly superior to their redbook counterparts. That said, there are some that do not sound that much better than their remastered (20/24 bit)counterparts. But this has been the exception, not the rule. I buy almost all my Hi-Rez discs used or on sale, and will shop around for a good price.
Since I acquired the Exemplar Audio modified Denon 2900, I do not hesitate to buy a remastered redbook disc over a SACD that is priced significantly higher that I don't want to wait to find on sale or used. I recently did this with two Miles Davis CD's when the Borders Store near me had their Jazz Music Sale in August.
That's my 2 cents, good luck,