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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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I am of an opinion that many hybrid layer CD portion of SACD are also BETTER MASTERED than the previous generation plain CD.I have no proof, but seems that way to me.            
And I am listening to CDs 99.9% of the time.(I own 2,600 CDs, and maybe 10 SACD! (8 of which are hybrid) I own two really early SACD which have no CD layer.
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geoffkait
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One wonders if the CD layer suffers the same overly aggressive compression as the SACD layer? 😬
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jafant
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elizabethThank You for chiming in. The single layer (SL) SACD will only use its designated laser. The hybrid will use both CD and SACD lazer(s) per design.  Those early SACD titles were sourced closer to the master tapes.Once the hybrids came onto the scene, remastering/remixing,  became common practice. As GK reports above, usually means more compression.
Happy Listening!
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jafant
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blueranger and elizabeth
if you have a title on SL and Hybrid test for any discernible difference(s)?
Happy Listening!
elizabeth
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I can testify that the CD layer of SACD hybrid is BETTER than the same music same recording from a previously released CD. Yes I own both of two performances now.
Classical, and the hybrid disc CD layer sounds better than the same performance on an earlier release on CD. (Being played by one of my five disc CD changers to the Marantz SA-10 as a DAC.)
I would think it is due to more care in the transfer from the master tape?
As far as compression, I only own Classical SACD, and I have to say they sure are not suffering from compression. For Rock I have no experience. I have not bought a new Rock CD in over a dozen years. About eight years ago I bought 2,000 used Rock CDs... Then resold about half.
I bought used Jazz CDs, Classical used CDs SACDs...
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