I don't listen to SACDs very often. Some of the ones I have sound worse (some of the Japanese SHM SACDs I have) while some sound great. I haven't done any back to back comparisons of a SACD and the same CD. I think it's a nice to have. I have a Marantz KI-Pearl and it sounds amazing with both standard CD and SACD, given a good sounding disc to start with.
I would focus on getting the best sounding and most reliable player you can and if it has SACD capabilities, that's a plus. If it doesn't, that could be a plus also, you won't go spending a bunch of money on SACD releases, which generally cost more and may or may not sound "better" than a standard CD release of the same album (or a streaming version).
I would focus on getting the best sounding and most reliable player you can and if it has SACD capabilities, that's a plus. If it doesn't, that could be a plus also, you won't go spending a bunch of money on SACD releases, which generally cost more and may or may not sound "better" than a standard CD release of the same album (or a streaming version).