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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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chayro
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You’re right - there is no such thing as break/burn-in.
And bumblebees can’t fly. But while I do believe CD players take a few months to reach their potential, I can’t understand the fact that so many Esoteric owners say they take 500 hours of burn in. Exactly what is burning in, say after 100 hours? That one I could never figure out. I had an Esoteric X-05 for 6 months and I never liked it.  Maybe I only had 490 hours on it when I sold it. 
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hifiman5
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@milpai  +1   "Breaking is easy, building is difficult" - Alexander the Great on building a pier out to attack the island city of Tyre.🧐
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blueranger OP
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I think there is a breaking in to some degree. I believe that. I also believe if your system hasn't been played for a couple of weeks then your new equipment arrives and you turn on everything and it might not be as stabilized electrically. Then the break in effect will be exaggerated. I leave my equipment on 24/7. It makes a difference in the Bryston 14bsst. It idles at 150 watts but in the winter thats not a bad thing.  I thought I'd made a  mistake when I purchased the 8005. Very closed in soundstage.  I dont know how much the refurbished SA-10 has been operated so I might not see ass much. Hey hifiman5. The 18x24x4 air dried maple is breaking in good under my 80 lb TT. I think the atoms are slowly being compressed.
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jond
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@sfseay It all depends on your situation in terms of wifi strength and crowding on the bands. I live in downtown DC tons of interference here and the 2.4G band is super crowded I was getting dropouts streaming Flacs and Tidal. Switched to 5G and no problems at all streaming anything.
honeybee2012
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You would think for the amount of money they charge for the  SA10 and the sister amp we could get the classic gold / champagne color.  Limiting color selection to black is just poor marketing,
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