I almost brought that unit. A gold unit came up later on and I snatched it. It is 800 more but still 600 below new. I had the sa-11s2 and oh boy, the sa-10 is an obvious upgrade. I’m only at the 50 hrs mark and everything is sounding wonderful now. Already surpass the sa-11 in terms of instructment isolation. The soundstage. Micro and macro dynamic. Talking about dynamic, this spinner is one of a kind. Last time I heard a similar sound is at the show with most rooms using the emm labs. The bass go very deep, I explored another layers or two of bass notes compared to the sa-11. The sa-11 is sweeter but maybe a bit too sweet for some. The sa-10 brings it back towards the esoteric type of reproduction more but it is still a touch sweeter than the Ayre.
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.