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SACD repair?

I have a Marantz SA11S1. Wonderful deck, but starting to fail to play SACDs reliably. Plays rebooks without issue. 

It recently spent almost three months at my local repair shop (only one within a couple of hours that would even look at it) until they threw their hands up.

I know it's pretty old, but it still sounds great when it does work, so I'd like to get it repaired if that's still an option. So I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a skilled shop that I can talk with about this. I realize I'm looking at packing and shipping, and the cost will likely get up there. But when it's working, It is a very high end component.

Thanks in advance if anyone can help.

wpcheadle
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retiredfarmer
346 posts
 

There in lies the problem with SACD I was going to buy one from my dealer he told me not to as they all had limited lifespans it didn't matter how high price on one you got they all were short lived and then you had a cd player it is the SACD part that he told me went bad. 

mahler123
3,361 posts
 

I have bought about 7 SACD players in my life.  I never had a problem with any of them.  I owned one Marantz but traded it in after 2 years.  I had a Marantz streamer that was awful and they failed to support even when it was under warranty.

  There do seem to be a lot of posts on Agon about Marantz SACD failing and Marantz service being MIA

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czbbcl
1,752 posts
 

You might try these folks 

 

blackbag20
468 posts
 

@edcyn +1

philgo01
73 posts
 

I have a 20+ year old SONY CD/SACD carousel type of player. On SACD Hybrid discs, it only reads the CD Layer. On SACD only layer discs, it still reads SACD !!! Decided against any repair and bought me a nice Marantz SACD30n SACD network player.  Hope this lasts a couple of decades !

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