Sony plans to start selling their new SCD-XE800 SACD player on August 21 for $430. Now that you have that information, go out and buy the Oppo BDP-83 SE and cover all your bases. Disclosure: I have a BDP-83 SE and I had the first entry level Sony SACD player which went 86 just months out of warranty. I still have the complimentary Rolling Stones SACD that they included with their first SACD players (to bad I could care less about the Stones). I've had only good experiences with Oppo and their customer service is excellent. Sony customer service? Expletives come to mind.
