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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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@blueranger ,
Very strange that you would prefer the TT to SA10. Other owners have mentioned that they can finally give up on TT. But to each his own. I agree with @elizabeth that you might need a good power source for the Marantz. I wanted to upgrade my Oppo. But got feedback that I should try a power conditioner. Then a poster who owns a SA10 and the Oppo 205 helped me decide that I should try a power conditioner first. Will it make the Oppo as good as the Marantz - hell - NEVER. But apparently a good power source can make a source sound "right". The poster also mentioned that with the SA10, he can retire his TT except for the recordings where there is no CD/SACD/digital downloads available.
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The SA-10 is a superb CD player in both formats. Give it the right power cord and it can go against units at 3X the price. Their a rightness about the sound, the design where it by passes the DAC and the conversion 11-Mhz DSD and direct out to your preamp has done wonders to CD and SACD as good as my Esoteric and CD reproduction better. Sold my K-01 and I will miss it, it was a wonderful unit for its time but time marches on, does the Marantz beat it in every way, no, the K-01 is a beast as far as slam, bass and dynamic range, the Marantz gains in other areas, either one you could not go wrong, depending on your system one might meet your needs better, but if you heard the SA10 with a good matching power cord you shake your head. 22K vs. 8K. A classic. Note with a few power cords I tried sounded like hi-fi. The right cord it comes to life. So try different cords till you find the utopia one. SA 10 is a great player, a great value and worth very penny plus some.
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phillyb
I concur on using the best PC possible. Which brand/model do you own?
Happy Listening!
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blueranger
How ya doin' out there? Hope you are well and enjoying Summer.Any new disc revelations w/ your SA-10 ?
Happy Listening!
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2 months ago I got my retipped Ortofon Cadenza Bronze back from Soundsmith. It sounds better than ever. Most of the time it betters the Marantz
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