Just stumbled across this thread, very timely for me. 5400 owner for almost 12 years now, always been very happy with the sound and performance of this player.Smooth, quiet, glitch free operation since day one. Unfortunately, audiophile nervosa has reared its ugly head and I find myself wondering if a more modern processor might be even better. The new 110 anniversary Denon looks interesting as does the Yamaha 2100. Im looking for disc player only, no dac/streaming. Probably be my last one as I'm getting old! Not in a hurry to replace the Sony, but this damn disease is relentless....
Sony SACD Player SCD-XA5400ES; YAY or NAY?
Happy New Year All,
Sony SACD Player SCD-XA5400ES; YAY or NAY? (around $1,000. usd used)
6 dacs, 3 left/3 right
sends SACD’s DSD out RCA jacks without conversion to PCM.
Upscales CD’s 8x to SACD #s, then out RCA
spinner traverses over fixed dual laser: one cd, one sacd
2010 model: typically 10-12 years old, I see laser assemblies for sale, indicates
a. people want to keep em going.
b. laser problematic
thanks for advice as always,
Elliott