TRL Marantz Sa-14

Pardales
Good point. I know i've said this before. I don't feel the urge to 'upgrade' my source any longer. I'm not naive enough to think that my TRL SA-14 is the "best" playback source out there. But, I can't see spending multiple thousands of dollars to POSSIBLY squeeze out a bit more "improvement". It really does sound that good - in my system.

I've seen the occasional STOCK Sa-14 for sale here. I've actually considered buying it, and having it modded by TRL, just in case my player breaks. Is that neurotic? hmm....

have a good lobor day everyone. :-)
paul

Oldpet-

Glad to hear you are enjoying your TRL SA14.
It is a fine unit.
Yes, you are neurotic, but we all are :)

LKdog- or any SA-14 user. How would you rate the TRL SA-14 to past players or transport/dac combination you ever had including turntables?

And is this player really sensitive to power cords?

My "non-TRL" SA14 is not very PC dependent. At lease not to my ears or the various cords that I have tried. I am sure that others feel differently.
The rest of my system (all Krell) is very sensative to different PC's?

Richard

La45-

The TRL SA14 is better than anything I have had before including:

-CEC transport/Bel Canto DAC 1.1
-Cary 308
-other various midlevle Pioneer/Sony players.
It is also better than the Sony TRL 595 I had this Spring which was an excellent player in every respect.

My turntable/cartridge/phono stage is in my signature.
The TRL Sa14 does many things better than my modest setup, but analog has it's own character and I would say that there are some recordings I tlike better on my TT setup.
This is depenedent upon the software/or LP also.