I hope everyone reading this thread will get that darn lid off, and at least replace the main power fuse. It is the fuse off by itself. The Marantz units really do respond to putting in a Synergistic Research "Black" fuse.
Your out of luck trying to replace the main power fuse on the Marantz SA11-S1 as it is hardwired into the unit. But you can try a WA Quantum chip ($6.00 ) placed on the fuse or try the Synergistic Research Electronic Circuit Transducers ( ECT ) places next to the fuse. My Marantz unit has the WA chip and seven of the Synergistic Research ECT's inside. I did replace the five rail fuses with the Synergistic Research Black fuses. 1.6 amp, small, slow blow. Each fuse location did make a sonic difference but I did not try to establish which location made the greatest difference.
This unit really sounds good after these upgrades and they are removable if you sell the unit.
SA 11s2 owner here. good to see some discussion of how to make the unit sound better. I will be trying the main fuse replacement shortly. One reminder - check your filter setting. Mine was somehow set to three, probably for a long time. I went back to one and found more clarity and a more natural bass response out of my ProAc D15's.
any of you using Audioquest cabling w/ your Marantz spinners?
Which models? Happy Listening!
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Yes. I went thru a trial and error interval for ICs (various MIT, AQ, and Kimber) for my Marantz KI Pearl and settled on a used set of AQ Jaguars as the "goldilocks" choice.
I have always been a fan of Marantz Reference CD players going back to the Marantz CD94 in the 1980's.
In the past 15 years I have also owned the Marantz Reference SA-1, SA-7, SA-11S3 sacd / cd players. All excellent players but the Marantz Reference SA-11S3 stands on top as the best natural sound and technology. Dead silent transport compared to the SA-1 & SA-7 and very eco friendly using less than 1W in standby. Many other state of the art features on the Marantz Reference SA-11S3. Just simply a great player.
I recently put my Marantz SA11 s3 for sale on Audiogon. I had some work done on it, (by an authorized Marantz service Center)and have it listed for $1600.00. Now that I have replaced the laser/tray mechanism this unit will play beautifully for at least 10 years without issue. The unit was not reading SACD's properly-redbook was fine. It sounds remarkable. I bought the unit new back in 2008 and have enjoyed it for years. I have now upgraded to a Marantz SA10 and it is also amazing. But the sa11s2 still is almost as good.
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