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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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nonoise
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Congrats on your epiphany! 

I have the lowly (😃) Marantz SA-15S2b SACD player and concur with your findings. Better base, extension, clarity and whatever else you care to cite. 

I primarily listen to CDs and the occasional SACD and it can sound top notch, to my ears. It's all in the recording. All the lamentations and pearl clutching about all that can go wrong with those silver discs doesn't mean they will go wrong and when done right, they can sound so seductive and beguiling. 👍 Enjoy.

All the best,
Nonoise 
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