TRL Marantz Sa-14

This discussion is so repetitious and boring. I had a Marantz SA-14 TRL and it was very good. I recently bought a preowned a stock Marantz SA-1 and compared. Hate to say it but the Marantz SA-1 smoked the SA-14 TRL in every aspect. I was in the room with four other listeners and we all agreed a Marantz SA-1 is superior in all facets. So my SA-14 TRL is getting moved to the bedroon and the Marantz SA-1 is in my main system.

The essence is try to find a preowned Marantz SA-1 and you'll understand and justify why it was a $7500 player.

If I may chime in with a couple of questions. What is TRL's guarantee if the owner isn't satisfied with the mod? Would it be the $ refunded and the mods changed back to stock? TIA.

Lawyerman-

Different opinions are what make this hobby interesting :) I have read others who also swear by the SA 1. Would like to hear one someday.

Bradz-

Email or call Paul. Not sure if anybody out of 600+ mods has taken them up on their offer, but their word is good.

I asked the same question as well. TRL offers a money back guarantee on their mods. Paul Weitzel also told me no one has taken TRL up on this guarantee, which says a lot about their work.

I did listen and it was very much like I expected. It sounded like it needed to be broken in! There was a fuzzy quality to the sound that will probably go away in a couple of days. After experiencing the break-in of two digital amps, I know that in two weeks the unit will sound nothing like it did directly out of the box. I must say that the TRL test disk was very impressive. The bass on track two rearranged some of my vital organs! Bob