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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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jafant
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glupson

Thank You  for the follow up. Agreed, each "new" pressing will have a different mastering (tinkering) for better or worse.  Columbia will put their house sound on each issue as well as MoFi. Compression is a consideration also.

Happy Listening!
jafant
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blueranger

just checking in for an update. Are you still discovering sonic differences w/ your SA-10 ?

Happy Listening!
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blueranger OP
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Stunning on some CDs. But good even on the less well engineered ones. I can still hear that digital signature that is a little irritating that is not present on th record. I'm splitting hairs on that one. Really no big complaints. 97 percent praise.
elizabeth
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For me, the sound from the Marantz SA-10 just allow me to upgrade otehrstuff and be able to hear duplex AC outlets, power cords... Without the Magnepan speakers I bought last year, and the SA-10. I would never have heard the improvements made by outlets and better power cords..
So I call the Marantz SA-10 one of those gateway products.. (along with the Magnepan 20.7 speakers) Something that opens up the next level of sonic improvements to explore..
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