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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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anwar, yes my SA-10 is connected to a PS Audio P=600 regenerator.All my digital gear is to the PS Audio, and my analog gear to a Furman REF 20. The amplifier is to the wall plug.
I do not use the USB input on the SA-10.
anwar, Have you called Marantz help line? See what the number is on the Marantz website (For your location) and give them a call about the USB issue..
anwar
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elizabeth, it is a well know issue for SA-10 when playing from USB thumb drive.  please see the 2nd paragraph from the link below:

http://help.nativedsd.com/handling-and-playing-dsd-files/file-management/creating-a-gapless-playback...

I just hope Marantz will fix this.
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blueranger OP
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I'm trying to get more into classical music with the SA-10 in the house. I scored yesterday at a thrift store going out of business. 25 cent CDs!!!! I bought 20 classical titles. Strauss, Horowitz, with  Telarc and Grammaphone for the labels. I love the sounds of the orchestra for a change. I don't see how a record could sound any better with some of these. The better the recording. The better your system will sound. Didn't mean to de rail the thread here.
elizabeth
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blueranger.. I am listening to Beethoven String quartets right now. (Denon label box set I must have bought back in the 1980's ) with the Smetana Quartet. Divine sound.    
If you watch Amazon sometimes Classical box sets are pretty cheap (other times pretty expensive) but if you watch and just stick a pile on your wish list, sometimes it pays off and you can get them are a good low price.
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blueranger OP
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Thank you Elizabeth. I'm a rocker and never really took the time and patience to enjoy classical. 
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