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SACD Player vs. CD Player in CD reproductions

I want to know if anybody could compare SACD players vs. CD Players when you listen CD.
I have a large CDs collections and I have many doubts if top SACD Players like Marantz SA-11S1, are better than top CD players from Musical Fidelity, Audiomeca or Audio Aero.
Unfortunally I can´t compare them and I don´t want to buy a top and expensive SACD Player if I will use it only for SACDs reproductions.
Up to the moment I use the Krell KPS20i Delta 9. It is excellent.
I will apreciate all your opinions and suggests.
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In my experience I have found very little differences in CD players. Certainly not as much as I would have expected given the price differentials of some of the players I listened to. Were the higher priced units better "yes" but only with the subtle nuances within the music and only when comparing redbook to redbook. When comparing SACD to redbook on the same player SACD won everytime (IMO). Actually my old Philips CD-80 held its ground very well when compared to some of the much higher priced units. I was very surprised. However, SACD was usually always better to my ears than standard redbook irrespective of the player. SACD while still not high end analog (read vinyl) certainly is much closer to the real performance than redbook. Again just my thoughts

Chuck
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