I would just get a good older redbook player if I was you. If you don't have a real high interest in sacd then why buy one. None of the Sacd players above can be had for $1000 but all will beat the pants off an older $1000 redbook player on redbook and hold their own with some of the best. I think their may have been a post the other day on what is the best redbook player for $1000, you might want to do a search. Good luck
SACD player for CD
Hey, look, I've got thousands of CDs and I'm more than a little reluctant to start buying the same music, yet again. I'm willing to get into SACD (forget DVD-A, I don't want a video monitor in my listening room so I can figure out what's on) if someone will assure me that a decent SACD player can play Redbook as well as, say, a $1000 stand-alone CD player. How 'bout it? Recommendations?