Thoughts/Opinions on Technics SL-G700M2 CD/SACD Player

Op ask Music direct about the warranty, lasers break. I will stay away from used in term of cd and sacd players.

+1 for Music Direct.  I bought "open box" equipment from them.  Came with full factory warranty.   After 55 days I contacted them about returning under their 60 day no questions asked policy.  The return was handled exceptionally well.  Can't say enough about how pleased I was. 

Thank you to all who have responded. But I am still waiting to hear from some that have purchased this player and what they have experienced with its sound, operation, loading, reading and tracking discs, would they buy it again, etc.?

@jayctoy,  you got less than 3 1/2 years out of the Marantz SA10?  My Esoteric UX3 which I purchased as an “exhibition stock” in 2012 and is used at least 250 days a year for over 12 years has no such problems.  They both cost around the same, in the $8500.00 price range.  I wonder if it’s because Esoteric builds their own mechanisms?

Well, I have the previous version before streaming was installed and I still like it. Aside from 2 or 3 times that it didn't initially read a disc (in around 3 years of use), it's been flawless. 

Load times are slower than what I was used to but that's not a concern anymore. There's no eject button on the remote, which I still don't like and that's about it for the negatives. 

Direct track access is fine except that for anything above '10' requires one to push '10' and then the next integer to complete the value above '10'. Still trips me up now and then. 

As for the sound, it's wonderful, expressive, fully covers the frequency extremes, sounds dead neutral (in the best way), has oodles of texture, naturally granular (if on the recording) and all the superlatives one can think of to say about a SACD player. 

This was the first SACD player I've had that made it possible to actually hear the differences between a CD and SACD recording of the same event. Technics went to great lengths to ferret out the sound on a disc and remove all the negative artifacts in the process. I can't think of higher praise.

YMMV but I feel no need to upgrade and from what I hear, it puzzles me about DAC flavors of the month on these threads. I was never into that as it felt like an intentional tampering of the digital signal to appease those in search of 'that certain sound."

An exceptionally fine rendition of the event is always flavored by speakers, amps and cabling so why interject a DAC into the mix? If you have to tinker around, there are several different filter settings. I could hear them, albeit slightly, and just from ignorance, kept it on the setting from the factory. Some reviewers did the same saying they felt it was the correct setting to begin with but if your system is resolving enough, you'll hear them too. Hope that helps.

All the best,
Nonoise