Jim Austin of Stereophile wrote in Oct 2007......
'My next Marantz player, which I still own and enjoy, was an SA-15S1. It's a beautiful thing, silver with a blue glow, and very well put together. It sounds very goodsmooth and lovelyand not once has it failed to read a disc. Yet its display window is very reflective, which makes the display hard to read except in low light, and it has the same kind of flimsy plastic drawer found in all but desktop computers and all but a very few expensive players. These two things together suggest a certain slickness; my SA-15S1 is a very substantial player, but for me, the designer's ratio of prettiness to utility is a little high. Still, it remains my current standard.'
Is it a expensive ($1600?) garbage cd player?
IMHO Sony/pioneer make some awesomely cheap superb sounding cd players that are as expensive as a donut.
'My next Marantz player, which I still own and enjoy, was an SA-15S1. It's a beautiful thing, silver with a blue glow, and very well put together. It sounds very goodsmooth and lovelyand not once has it failed to read a disc. Yet its display window is very reflective, which makes the display hard to read except in low light, and it has the same kind of flimsy plastic drawer found in all but desktop computers and all but a very few expensive players. These two things together suggest a certain slickness; my SA-15S1 is a very substantial player, but for me, the designer's ratio of prettiness to utility is a little high. Still, it remains my current standard.'
Is it a expensive ($1600?) garbage cd player?
IMHO Sony/pioneer make some awesomely cheap superb sounding cd players that are as expensive as a donut.