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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.
blueranger
elizabeth
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For astru, You OWN a SA-10. You should read the owner's manual.
The XLR pins in the SA-10 DO conform to the Japanese standard. The owners manual mentions it, and tells what should be done.Marantz US download Sa-10 owners manual page 27:
""Phase Switches the output signal phase for balanced outputs. (XLR connectors) (v p. 8)        
Normal (Default): European system        
Inverted: USA system
0 The output signal for unbalanced output changes when the “Phase” setting is changed. It is recommended to keep the original setting (“Normal”) when using an unbalanced "That is from the owner's manual. try reading it.I use both the balanced to my Bryston BP-26, and the RCA to the Conrad Johnson ACT2
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blueranger OP
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Hry shadow cat. Room adjustments are many times can be a bigger jump in equipment. I almost got the 14s1 last year but settled for the 8005 until finances would allow. I had a chance to buy an Sa10 for $4400 Last year and just couldn't do it at the time. The seller offered it to me at the low price because of an inferior product he sold me 15 years ago I think. I won't say who he is but he is one of the good ones left





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twoleftears
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@riaa... etc.  Hey rhea, no trashing going on.  More of an abstract musing on how designers conceive of what they're doing and what their goals are.

Before some DACs had filters, there were those cubes that came with B&W, KEF, etc.  That always irritated me too.  If the correct sound was *with* the cube, why were the cubes optional?  If the cube exaggerated the bass, why were they available at all.  I suppose one could make an argument about different rooms acoustics, but those cubes were hardly a Lyngdorf.

clearthink
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astru"I believe the point of the settings is that the PCM format is not lossless, and Marantz provides the option to play with different settings because there is no agreed way to reconstruct the original acoustic signal."

You do not know what you are talking about PCM audio is a clearly established, defined and standardized format there is absolute, complete, and universal agreement about how to recover an analog signal from a PCM data stream and this recovery can be done as has been demonstrated completely error free so it is absolutely bit-perfect "lossless" and there is no debate, uncertainty, or alternative to this scientifically developed protocol so you might want to check your research, references, and facts.
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hifiman5
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@clearthink    "3" has got to be your favorite number!🧐😛😁  Yes, 3 emojis in your honor.
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