TRL Marantz Sa-14

Jsala: Send it back. The difference is more significant than the original mod. You may want to look back through the posts from those who did send their SA-14 back for the up-date.

It will be $300 well spent.

Just sharing my first hand experience ...

Jack

Jay-

Thanks for the input on power cords. Would you mind listing the brands?
How did they compare to the TRL power cord you have?
Am interested in what power cords people use and like with the TRL SA14.
I am using a Ven Haus Audio power cord made for digital.It is one of the older Flavor 2 cords.

Jsala,

What brands of cable did you try? I'm using CRL Silver on my TRL modded transport, but am curious as to what others are experinecing with other brands.

Hello again,

I wondered if anyone has any impression of the Marantz SA-11 before and after the TRL mod? After so much anticipation I was hoping there was some info. I love the looks of this player but will not sacrifice the Sony 2000es TRL if it does not respresent a quantum leap in performance.

Any suggestions are welcome. I am shying away from the SA-14 for now due to the age of the player.

La45-

There are some SA11's on order to be modded by TRL.
They would be able to give you a before/after analysis.
As for needing a "quantum" leap from the Sony 2000 ES to upgrade, that is probably hard to do for any machine as you know. I guess it depends on how you define quantum.
I think Jack had the TRL SONY 2000 ES. Maybe he could comment on the difference between that and the TRL SA14.
The TRL SA14 is certainly better than the TRL 595 I had, but the 595 has many of the same positive qualities.

I understand your concern about the SA14 as a unit that is no longer in production.