I can safely say no player is created equal.

I've auditioned some very nice CD/SACD in one players, but the better ones cost much
more money, like the McIntosh ones. They really can put a CD/SACD player together.

The NAD players are very good for the price range, you can understand why they
have won many awards.

The Cambridge Audio, I said this before the 740 and 840 are very good players. The 840
as a 24/384Ktz DAC which you can connect up to 2 components either via RCA or
Optical, which makes the overall unit most flexible. A majority of DACs don't go beyond
20/192Ktz, and some articles suggest that some companies claim to upscale to 24 bit
bit the circuitory does not actually support 24, and scales in reality to 20 bit.

Ear of the beholder using one's owned CDs is the best judge of character I'd say, so far
I've been very impressed.

2k, 2.5k, or more seems to be heading towards the higher-end type of CD and/or SACD
players. Unfortunately some of the flaws one finds is after owning them and playing after
the player has been run-in.