Marantz SA-10 vs SA-KI Ruby

twoleftears sez: " But does it use the same processor (DAC)? "Ahhh the million dollar question!            
Need some reviewer who has both, or Marantz advert to answer.Advertisements say the KI uses the MMM  decoding. Which is the same sort as in the SA-10. Whether it is IDENTICAL???  
The remote sure looks the same. The case is nearly identical. Only the lack of balanced out on the KI Ruby.

I spoke to my local Marantz Dealer, he has the Marantz SA-KI Ruby on display.   
The shipping wt. of the SA-KI Ruby is 37.7 lb The SA-10 is 40.57 lbSO you are paying $1000 a pound for whatever extra is inside the SA-10

Lol @elizabeth I saw that as well. Did he say anything about the sound?

No . I asked him if he had one. That is about it. Actually I called him about a Bryston BP1.5 Phono box I am getting repaired. The Marantz was a side question. I suppose I could ask him to loan it to me. But since I have no plans on buying one, even as a spare hah hah,, I would feel not right just to ask so I can blog about the sound.I get too much pressure from a few folks that 'I do not do enough' to do a review of the SA-10. I am NOT a reviewer. And I would absolutely feel the need to compare to other equal devices. Something I cannot do. So no way can I say this is better....Plus when I say yeah my $40 five disc changers (I now have collected 7 working, and a few spares) via the Marantz sounds blah blah.. Who's gonna believe me anyway. LOL

The Ruby versions probably have some better parts and implementation than the standard versions, much like my Marantz PM-15S2b has over the PM-15S2 or S1. In my case, Ken Ishiwata took some of what he did with the Pearl series (also limited to 500 units each) and applied them to the PM-15S2b.

Whether it sounds better, I can't say, but they are in demand.

All the best,
Nonoise