SACD players that will consistantly read the SACD layer of a hybrid disk?


Just what the headline says.

jusam

I hope I'm not cursing it but my Sony has never failed. By contrast my Marantz got less and less reliable as time passed and eventually gave up the ghost .

Thanks for your thoughts and experience.  Mine have been poor with several SACD players defaulting the to redbook layer too often.  Sony, Oppo, Pioneer, Marantz......

I assume you have tried cd cleaners with little brushes that clean the laser. They have fixed a few of my friends players, one of mine in the past.

IF you have a player you really like the sound of:

Check on hifishark, your model(s). see if replacement head assemblies are readily available.

My Sony xa5400

 

Most pc shops or small electronic shops can replace them.

Replacing just the laser, calibrating it, that’s tricky.

I replaced one myself, got it to read stnd layer, but could not get it calibrated to find and play the sacd layer.