Hi,
I don’t know if this makes sense in the current world of audio/video streaming, but a universal player equipped with a solid and state of the art drive without DAC inside will be something unique – it shall play blu ray video/audio, Sacd, Redbook, Dvd with several output as spdif, coax, Aes/ebu, optical, I2S and Hdmi. Customers can pair it with their own Dac (as BDA3) to spin discs.
Best would be to output Dsd stream to an external Dac on Aes/ebu and spdif - is it still patent protected by Sony?
There are many audiophiles who still want to play their Sacd, blu rays and cd.
Oppo, Denon & Marantz, Cambridge are out of the universal player market and there are rumors that also Pioneer is in financial troubles. The only alternatives are Sony or Panasonic, which are ok btw but Bryston clients may want something more still without paying crazy $ for high end drive as Esoteric or Kalista.
My 2 cents.