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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.
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Blue ranger  try Teo ic , they are good on eliminating digital glare....
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You better be prepare to buy quality cabling to enjoy the SA 10, the better the cabling , the better this unit perform.
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Phillyb you are right on the money, the SA compete with my analog set up, The dynamic of the SA 10 is unlimited.using good pc will give you more.  I read a review of the SA 10, the reviewer said, He thinks it’s the best sacd player regardless of price? Of course not, But it will keep you sitting on your chair longer than you plan. 
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It’s always better to have the right phase. I do have XLO test cd where they demonstrated in phase and out of phase. That’s very informative.Post here what Sharri thinks.

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Stereo5 I have SA10for almost 4yrs now,. Wait maybe 30 hrs to settle. The SA10 is not edgy, it depends if your system is on the bright side it might show some detail.It depends on what ic you are using. 

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The SA 10 with good power cord and ic it will even sound better if match to your system.I used High Fidelity reveal pc and tellurium silver diamond ic.Dont get impatience its truly a very good sacd player especially on balance.

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Stereo5 thank you posting your gear,The Sa 10 will give you more 3D using balance, if I were you to get the most out of SA 10 get a nice power cable and ic . The SA 10 responds to cables.Find a tornado Audioquest source pc and used Columbia Audioquest balance ic.If you have the budget go for used Tellurium black diamond balance ic.Iam using tornado pc on my Ruby with good result. I know you mentioned except aq pc but that’s what I used . I can’t help it , it works. Puron tweak eliminates edgy.

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Stereo-one Let it settle for at least six days.Then play good sacd recording . Don’t expect too much yet.. Just keep on playing it. I bought this player open box as well af MD.Remember it is still your job to synchronize it to your system , and make it sound musically good. This is truly a very very good sacd player .Every time you add something on the system sounds changes.The SA 10 competes with esoteric sacd players. I still believe for 5k it’s a bargain, it’s a well design player.Esoteriic are amazing but you have to pay premium price.Do I miss my esoteric sacd player? Not at all.

 

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Iamatthewj.i just put it on normal phase.. 

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Iammatthewj, Sharri can answer your question.He is very knowledgeable. He posted on my thread SA10 needed repair.

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Iammatthewj, I will try the inverted  phase on my SA10 see what happen.My Krell krc3  can be inverted as well, I think.

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Yes you are right Iamatthewj, the inverted phase is totally different.Hopefully Sharri will post ? 

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