Your experience/thought on best sounding SACD/CD Player for 1,500 or less

My current players are a bit old and am considering a new SACD/CD player.  I have much invested in discs and want to be able to get the best from them that I can afford.  Not that it matters, but I listen most to female vocals and Jazz from the 50s through the 70s.  I prefer electronics with discreet transistors rather than I.C. chips.   Thanks