Marantz SA7S1 owners - stock or modded

You hit the nail on the head...the sound may change and you may not like it...note the sound changes does not make it better IMO.

Buy a new unit if you don't like the sound of your current unit. At least you can take the unit home and listen to it before you buy.

Your room is the #1 issue that needs care that will impact the over all sound of your system, more then speaker wire or interconnects.

I am still amazed that moving two ASC panels about 4" on each side wall behind the speakers could make the whole system shut down and dead sounding.

Work on your room before you judge your system or any piece of gear. The Marantz SA-7S1 is about dead natural what of the best sounding units ever made to date.

If you can afford it, you should be very happy with it.

Anyone who hears the Marantz as bright hype detailed has something a miss in there system.Perhaps out of absolute phase, if you run XLR out remember pin 2 is reversed compared to USA balanced inputs, the phase switch should be engaged to put the signal back in proper phase.

If not depending of the disc anything from dull to flat sounding to no body and bright.

The Marantz is so close to the state of the art, that you can improve upon it, but you better have a large bank account to spend.