Buy into the future, consider the Oppo BDP83. I have heard it play SACD and was impressed, better then the Marantz sa11s2. Let your ears judge, not the size of your wallet. Since Oppo has a good return policy, buying has little risk. Bring both units into your system and listen is the only way to tell. A Marantz dealer should be able to do a loaner for two weeks. Sony is planning to put many of the SACD titles out in Blu-Ray, first is miles blue.
SACD...around $3500?
I never thought this would be so hard....
Looking for new CD player, and I've got just enough Hybrid CDs that it would sure be nice to have SACD.
...have Triode preamp, SS power amp, Maggie 3.6 speakers.
have listened to Cambridge 740 and 840C, Marantz SA11S2 and SA15S2. (SA11S2 would be just about the max I'd like to spend.) I did quite like the SA11S2, with no competitors in that price range, I'd probably end up there....but options are always nice.
I felt that both Marantz units beat both Cambridge units.
any/all suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
-RayO
Looking for new CD player, and I've got just enough Hybrid CDs that it would sure be nice to have SACD.
...have Triode preamp, SS power amp, Maggie 3.6 speakers.
have listened to Cambridge 740 and 840C, Marantz SA11S2 and SA15S2. (SA11S2 would be just about the max I'd like to spend.) I did quite like the SA11S2, with no competitors in that price range, I'd probably end up there....but options are always nice.
I felt that both Marantz units beat both Cambridge units.
any/all suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
-RayO