Marantz SACD 30N


Opinions on this unit. ? i have been enjoying this for 2 weeks . already dumped my Yggdrassil schiit . Just sounds like the veil is lifted . although not as "Sweet" sounding. i think it’s a great buy
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Are you just playing discs on it, or also using it as a streamer and/or DAC?
  I had a terrible experience with Marantz first streamer/DAC, which only worked as a DAC and then wouldn’t work at all after a year, had a terrible app, and Marantz stopped supporting it after 2 years.  That was several years ago, and they may have gotten their act together, but I swore I would never buy Marantz again.
  Here is hoping that you are enjoying your unit and that it remains hassle free
The only real difficulty is streaming DSD. I hate Jriver , but thats a minor issue , I can go usb and it sounds great . I am playing discs and it’s a slight improvement when compared to streaming . I did ask Marantz directly about Qoboz and they responded blountly we don’t support , so i believe they are bought out by the Tidal company . (MQA) . even though they don’t support MQA!!.
Audirvana plays Qoboz anyway . the App HEOS is decent after a couple hours of figuring out what works and what does not .
the overall +’s and -’s are in favor of this well built amazing sounding unit.
I don’t think i really need app support as Audirvana is working great .
I also think for the foreseeable future my digital obsessions are under control .
now i can concentrate on Amps , speakers for any upgrades.
the question is , what compares to this unit ? it plays SACDs , streams HI REZ and is only 3k . hard to find an equivalent .