Marantz SA10 sacd player

If I am not mistaken, the transport in the SA-10 is designed in-house by Marantz. Not sure about parts availability as far as laser pickup goes in this case. Hope you’re not completely out of luck. If it reads hybrid SACD and redbook, just use it. Laser and transport mechanism issues are common and that’s irrespective of price, to @tvad ’s point. Definitely sucks that Marantz refused to repair it.

So just to confirm Marantz refused to fix it or refused to cover it under warranty?

That’s actually incredible - they basically left you hanging. Marantz is too big to care. That’s sad. 

Just for kicks…can you power it down and reboot it?
Not standby but a power cycle. Try it and see if it still behaves the same way. 
 

@jayctoy fix it then sell it. You can do a lot better. You can get a PS Audio DSD DAC and transport, connected via I2S and have a kick ass SACD front end. You can even stream if the DAC is fitted with a network bridge.

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04-28-2024 at 01:31pm 

Elliottbnewcombjr maybe I will buy 3 or 4 laser assembly for my Sa10 and RUBY FOR FUTURE USED JUST IN CASE.thanks for the link
 

In my opinion that would not be the wisest of moves. Explore other options.
I would rather rip all SACDs onto a good SSD, sell the SA-10 and buy a great streamer and DAC. It’s not very hard to beat the SA-10 sonically. 

Both the Bricasti M3 and the PS Audio DSD Mk1 DACs beat the SA-10 even on redbook playback. Feed those DSD and forget about it. 
SA-10 is solidly built and overall exudes quality but sonically it missed the mark.