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
Gentleman: Please be advised that the balanced circuit is more enhanced in the TRL SA-14. Which will need it's own break-in time. I have been using the balanced circuit for over 500 hours and it is a delight. Have a blessed New Year to you all, Joe
Joe-

Good information to know. Thanks.
I have read that on other Marantz units the balanced is a bit better also for some people in their system.
Drew_w Still waiting to hear if the TRL-14 met your expectations ? Did you try the balanced outputs ? The rca and balanced out's on that unit are broken-in. Let us all know how it's going.


Just wanted to add my recent observation. I pulled out an old Line conditioner and connected the Marantz Sa-14 TRL and I must say this changed things significantly.

This is an old Transformer type conditioner that buzzes in a seperate room away from the listening area but boy o boy this thing doubled by soundstage lifting the imaging off the speakers and creating a surround sound effect. I am over joyed!

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I am running full balance output by the way.
LA45-

Interesting. Line Conditioners and Power Conditioners are a topic of huge debate-but if they work in your house with the power coming into your area-that is the bottom line.
I have always been curious about them.