Well, I would not presume to know a lot about the UK market but there
are many universal players from Denon, Marantz, Onkyo, Panasonic,
Toshiba, Samsung, etc. as well as from more expensive audiophile
brands such as Linn, McCormack, Moon, Theta, BelCanto, etc. Meridian
and Arcam are SACD holdouts for different reasons but both of the
lists are open-ended and would be longer if I sat and thought more.
I've had several in my system over the last year or two.

Kal

On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 07:25:11 GMT, "harrogate2"
wrote:


"Kalman Rubinson" wrote in message
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On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 07:50:59 GMT, "harrogate2"
wrote:

The catch one is SA-CD. The Philips 720 is the only other DVD
machine
on the market apart from the 575 that will play them.

How does SA-CD differ from SACD? There are many DVD machines that
will play the latter.

Kal

They are one and the same - it's just the 'correct' (Sony) way of
writing it.

From research I've done I suspect your comment is wrong - the only two
domestic DVD players that I can find that will decode SA-CD are these
two. Since SA-CD discs are hybrid and contain three different copies
of the music - including 'normal' CD - any machine will play them but
will not provide the full surround capability.

I would agree that there are a number of audio CD machines, notably
Sony and Denon, that will play and decode them.