Guys, if you have SACD and want to play them, then this isn't your DAC. You will be very limited in your choice of DAC's as most don't do SACD. That's just your choice. The more a DAC is asked to do, the more it can take away from it's SQ. As for playing blue ray, I am using my bleary player to break mine in and am listening to it right now. I don't want a disk drive in my DAC. That's called a CD player with digital inputs which puts more things in the box and creates lesser SQ. Also, what happens when the drive unit breaks as most will eventually? That's my personal opinion and some disagree with me. It's all good. Not every component is for everyone.
I know a few folks who are keeping their DX-5 (still a wonderful unit) and getting the QX-5 for it's much better quality of sound. Like imprezap2 says, he will keep his regardless.
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