TRL Marantz Sa-14



After speaking to Paul at TRL I am very curious to hear from those who own this unit what improvements do you hear with the player before and after the mod.

The SA-14 sounds weak in the bass and has no dynamics in comparison to some players like the Sony Scd-1 in stock form. Has anyone compared the TRL Sa-14 to the Sony Scd-1?
la45
Lkdog,

Interesting that it works in my set up using the lighter Sony 2000es. I believe the SA-14 is over $3k new compared to the Sony. Yep it must be better shielded. You're lucky to have it.

Did you try using the sheets and cd directly? Jes45 whats your experience?

I repeated the experiment last night and confirmed that the change is not subtle.

Anyone using the Sony if you could try the sheets let us know.
Did you try using the sheets and cd directly?

La45-

Sometimes I am a real dumba$$.
What exactly do you mean to do here?
Maybe I am doing this wrong.
I placed the anti-static sheet underneath the player.

Am I supposed to put it somewhere else?

Thanks!


Nope, its my fault for the confusion. You can place the antistatic sheet on top or under the player wherever it works best. You can also put your cd into an enclosure that is antistatic and test the results.

Hope this helps. By the way Do you have Paul's number? I seem to have misplaced it.

Thanks

Ok, I understand now. I tried it both on top and underneath the unit. Will be interested to see if it has an impact for Jack or others.

Here is the TRL contact info from the website.

Tube Research Labs, Inc.
109 C St SE
Quincy, WA 98848
509-787-5405
509-787-5205
509-989-4437
info@tuberesearchlabs.com

Cheers
My TRL SA14 is continuing to break in. Speed, dynamics and general smoothness and coherence seemed to vary for better and worse throughout the break in period. The top-end has gotten more refined since about 3-4 days ago but isn't yet where I would like it to be. I figure in a week it will be fully broken in. I still have to try the QuickSilver... will try it first on the audio out and power in of the Marantz then go from there applying it elsewhere in my system. I am told the QuickSilver takes 3 days to itself break in so I better get going on it soon!