SACD player as transport or dedicated transport?

Thanks, Jim: I was thinking about a price range of $1500 (new/used).

Thanks, mimberman. I thought about that but am a little concerned about the age of the units out there used. Anyone know how the XA9000ES is as a transport?

Thanks, Rgd--that is very sensible advice -- I am leaning that way. One other unit I thought about was the Denon 3910. Anyone have thoughts about this as a transport/SACD player. Also, has anyone used the new CEC TL51-Z?

I do not doubt the widom of those recommending the 9000ES. Here is what my dilemma is. I owned the Exemplar Denon 2900 for about 4 months. That player helped me hear that a well recorded redbook CD can sound as good as SACD recording of the same piece of music.

Now that I have the Prima DAC I am trying to decide whether to get a dedicated transport to maximize my redbook playback or go with a SACD player to listen to the SACD's I have. I already sold all my single layer SACD's and only kept the hybrids. Since I have ripped all my CD's to a hard drive and am using iTunes, all my CD's except for about 50-60 hybrids and other remasters are up in my attic. I would be buying this player/transport soley for my remasters (hybrids or otherwise).

I am probably making this harder than it needs to be.

Anyone have any experience with the Lexicon RT-10, specifically its abilities as a transport and for SACD playback?