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The Ultimate SACD Machine

I'm considering getting an SACD player again. I have a number of SACDs but abandoned the format a couple years ago in favor of vinyl.

I am considering mainly the EMM Labs CDSAse or a Marantz SA11S2 or SA7.

Critical information:

- I'm concerned really only with jazz. 40s-60s jazz. (All the new titles on the format has me interested again.)

- As per above, my priorities are truth in timbre and tone and total lack of HF grain or glare. "Analog-like" may have become a cliche but it's what I'm after: though vinyl as a medium is shirley flawed (yes, I meant to call you Shirley), for me it has always given the best sound - meaning the most natural, realistic, and fatigue-free sound.

I expect that the EMM Labs machine has a gap over the Marantz in these qualities. It should, for the price. How large is the gap, for those who have heard both extensively?

Is there another machine I should consider? ($5K used would be absolute top budget and a bit of a stretch.)
paulfolbrecht
tvad
9,467 posts
 
12-14-10: Paulfolbrecht

And Tvad, I'm sorry, but your advice was clearly just barely on-topic.
Barely on topic? Really?

I thought the topic was SACD players at the price point of $5000?

I provided a link to an SACD player priced at $5270 that one 6Moons reviewer considers the best component of the year, and it's barely on topic?

Okey dokey!
paulfolbrecht OP
586 posts
 
Tvad it's just that the linked review literally didn't talk about SACD performance at all. As I stated I am not looking for a player for RB. I only have time to read the posts that tell me exactly what I'm interested in. Also, you know I hate silver gear. I can't even keep silver gear for three months.

Tmsorosk, I don't read this forum much (until very recently) so I didn't realize that. I was just posted a thought lingering in my head as I listened.

I love you both.
paulfolbrecht OP
586 posts
 
I smell a battle brewing.

I'm going to don my Vinyl Propeller Beanie and matching bow tie. Be back soon.
tmsorosk
1,013 posts
 
Your leaving yourself wide open , mentioning a propeller beanie with this crowd . Your braver than I Paulfolbrecht .
paulfolbrecht OP
586 posts
 
Tmsorosk, the beanie joke was my response to the 'nerd' comment.

Now I wish I had one though.

XRCDs are great.
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