Quick weigh-in as the owner of a Bryston BCD-3. For years I was using a Rotel RCD-971 CD player, a mid-line winner of many honors, modified with an upgraded clock from LC Audio to reduce jitter and their amazing Zapfilter, a single-end Class A analog stage that bypassed the opamps. I thought I was the boss. It was great. The Rotel finally wore out a board that could not be replaced and after a lot of research I went in for the Bryston. Well, it blew that little Rotel right out of the water. The refinement, tone, depth and clarity of sound is stunning. It's truly a high-end, mature and beautiful piece of equipment. It's also relatively inexpensive compared to the high-quality transport/DAC setups out there that would compete with it. There is no SACD. It's just a no-frills spinner. The tray, too, is very stable and girded by steel bars. I love it.