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.
blueranger
blueranger
how are you enjoying the SA-10?  Looking forward in reading your impressions and reviews.
Happy Listening!
Very pleased. Gobs of detail and smoothness. The headphone section is stellar. This is a keeper.
In some recordings its better than my vinyl rig. But it closes the gap pretty close and exceeds vinyl some if the time. It does have a cool blue light
blueranger
talk about the musical selections used to test the SA-10 as you massage this beauty into your system.  Give it 200 hours then start comparing it to the 6005.  Staying tuned...

Happy Listening!