I'm surprised that they're still making them after 6 years or more.
Marantz SA-10 arriving Monday!
I've been hearing and reading all I can about this player during this last year. I have a 6005 right now and it's a nice player but not as good as my analog rig (10k) so it's not a fair comparison. Elizabeth mentioned that her SA-10 is better than her analog. I will be comparing the 2 SACD players side by side. I have at least 3 CD's in which I have duplicates. I'm fascinated about how the circuitry upsamples to DSD SACD. Well not exactly but somehow an improvement over Redbook CD. I have a 2" thick maple block coming in the same day for it. It's going to be a long weekend. I know it can't work miracles on all CD's. If there is jitter in the recording then supposedly you will never get that out. Speak up if I'm wrong about that.
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@stereo-one , my SA 10 was a "factory refurb" from MD, so I really do not know what its previous history was prior to me buying it. In other words, it may have already experienced its breakin period. What struck me first and foremost was that with the SA10 my system had way more gain than with my previous CDP and I believe that this was due to using the balanced outputs of the SA10 into the balanced inputs of my preamp. I originally thought the sound of my system with the Sa10 was more "aggressive" (if that's the correct term), but I do not have a golden ear and what I am describing as "aggressive" may be my perceptions due to the extra gain of my system with the SA10, or it may be possible that my "factory refurb" did actually need some break in time. Regardless, it now strikes me as a smooth presentation and I find most SACDs to be a step up from most red books. I have read that the "SA 10 presentation" is "laid back," but, again, "laid back" may mean different things to different listeners. Personally, with a good disc (be it red book or SACD) I do not find my system to sound edgy with the SA 10 in place; however, I do hear a lot more detail now. But the detail I am now hearing I think may be more due to a recent preamp upgrade I made (SLP 05) than the SA 10. I am generally pleased with the sonic presentation of my system with the SA 10 in place, but perhaps I should not be used as a barometer as my standards are probably not as high as those of others due to, as I stated previously, my lack of the golden ear.
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