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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?
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hchi
43 posts
 
Jsala,
Mine is the beautiful golden color!

To all,
For Quick Silver paste application, do you guys treat only the RCA sockets or are RCA plugs on IC's also treated? How much is needed? Can anyone also suggest the best way to apply 'appropriate' amount?
lkdog
417 posts
 
Jay -

Yes, I do the male plugs on RCA's also. (Power cord male ends too that go into wall or power conditioner socket).
I use enough to "paint" it, but do not put it on thick.
I used the little brush they include with it.
lkdog
417 posts
 
Oops!-

I meant to direct my Quciksilver comments to Howard.

I think, just be careful to not put a ton of it on the contact.
hchi
43 posts
 
Lkdog,
I also have some Quick Silver paste that I haven't had time to try yet. When I find some spare time, I will also give it a shot and see how it fares in my rig.

I also heard a good news earlier from TRL that FedEX finally admitted the wrong doing and coughed up the money. Although the whole ordeal took a long while, I am glad it is finally over! Thanks again to Paul at TRL for the assistance and patience in dealing with FedEX and others' sympathy. Now I will be soon back to the game. Hopefully Marantz USA is gonna ship SA11's to TRL very soon, so that I can get my replacement ASAP.

Besides the spray-on stuff, what other devices do you guys use to demagnitize your CD's? Has anyone tried the ionic fan, Furutech RD-2, or others?
jsala
99 posts
 
Thanks for the feedback. I was glad and relieved that after 24 hours the QuickSilver had settled down quite a bit. I've got an audiophile friend coming over for a listen at around the 68 hour mark. I've got the SA14 running 24 hrs/day, though the preamp and amp are on standby. I had treated all the inputs/outputs being used on my preamp, as well as the ICs that plug into them.

The treble is already reasonably refined and the bass is clearly more powerful (I also put QS on the preamp output that feeds my sub, as well as the IC that plugs into it). Overall sound may be a bit smoother though my focus is for the midrange to fill back out. I will take another listen tonight (~48 hour mark).

Howard, hope you are able to get another 9500 again. I thought my 9500 sounded ok but I decided to go for an SA14 since I have an audio-only system. If you're interested in a lightly used black 9500 from Hong Kong (region free, 220v) then let me know.
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