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Marantz SA-10 arriving Monday!

I've been hearing and reading all I can about this player during this last year. I have a 6005 right now and it's a nice player but not as good as my analog rig (10k) so it's not a fair comparison. Elizabeth mentioned that her SA-10 is better than her analog. I will be comparing the 2 SACD players side by side. I have at least 3 CD's in which I have duplicates. I'm fascinated about how the circuitry upsamples to DSD SACD. Well not exactly but somehow an improvement over Redbook CD. I have a 2" thick maple block coming in the same day for it. It's going to be a long weekend. I know it can't work miracles on all CD's. If there is jitter in the recording then supposedly you will never get that out. Speak up if I'm wrong about that.
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jafant
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Thank You- blueranger

for the update. Elizabeth is a strong resource for this player, as not many people, have auditioned/owned it.  I look forward in reading more about this player as you massage into your system.  I am trying to find a demo myself.


Happy Listening!

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stereo5
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There is a guy on Audio Asylum in the Digital section who goes by the name of Toothpaste that owns one. From his threads, He is in love with it. I think this one may be a winner. Good luck with the new player.  I love the thrill of the anticipation waiting for it to arrive, then the unboxing...…..

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blueranger OP
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Thanks for your encouragement. I just wonder if this will be Marantz's last audiophile player like the path Sony took. I have close to 600 CDs and I'm not just going to let that investment gather dust. I thought about using the money and get a Bryston DAC and streamer but I felt the MQA issue hasn't been settled fully and when we get the 5G networks going and optical fiber to the home then the hi rez files won't have to be compressed.
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Toothpaste is Elizabeth.
chayro
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I think you will need to break it in for a few weeks before you can judge anything.  Actually a few months, but I'm trying not to dampen your enthusiasm.  
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