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| Marantz Black Pearl SACD vs. SA11S2 SACD? Zear, I agree totally. I'm taking the chance on the SA-7 for the slight improvement double the money costs. I'm getting it from an out of state audio friend, who keeps his equipment, as mine, flawless and mint in all respects. I parted with the Pe... | |
| Review: Marantz SA11-S2 vs. Marants Black Pearl SA-KI Zear, how many hours do you have on the Pearl? I don't hear the haze you're talking about. I own both pieces and find they have a similar sound, though the Pearl is easier to listen to on the high end of lousy recordings. I agree with you that the... | |
| Marantz Black Pearl SACD vs. SA11S2 SACD? DACS include Benchmark, PS Audio 3, Theta (forget which), Bel Canto 2, Musical Fidelity V-DAC.Zhaolu.I'm over it. The Pearl sounds better than any of the above. | |
| Whats the opinion on Marantz PM K1 Black pearl Here are some other answers I gave in response to another forum on the SA11S2, which is similar to the Pearl.I had the SA11 Series 2, but then the Pearl came out, and a friend I know bought it. The black finish was very classy looking, and I got j... | |
| New Marantz SA11S2? 4musica, the SA112 and the Pearl sound like they were made by the same designer, because they have a similar sonic characteristic. The soundstages are close enough that you do not hear a big difference in how things are spread across the stage.The... | |
| New Marantz SA11S2? Sorry, but my reply was hasty. I had the SA11 Series 2, but then the Pearl came out, and a friend I know bought it. The black finish was very classy looking, and I got jealous. We made some comparisons between the two, and I have to admit that it ... | |
| New Marantz SA11S2? Yeah, Marantz fans, let's unite! It is hard not to fall in love with these works of arts, made in JAPAN, where the quality level of materials and finish is unmatched.You get so much in this piece...quality, gorgeous construction, features missing ... | |
| Whats the opinion on Marantz PM K1 Black pearl An excellent sounding piece, with surprising guts to the sound, and with a superb phono stage that, by all accounts, can't be duplicated by a similarly priced unit offering this quality of construction, beauty and power.John Atkinson measured it p... | |
| CARDAS Fans: Golden vs. Neutral vs. Presence? Sorry, no experience with Cardas speaker cables. Try to get them on loan from a Cardas dealer.The GR speaker cables have much more copper and conductors than the GP, but in the end, will this make a big difference? Plan on paying for the GR speake... | |
| CARDAS Fans: Golden vs. Neutral vs. Presence? Yikes, with all due respect, I question the hearing of some of the posters, but to each his own.I've had all three Cardas Reference. The Neutral I didn't like at all. It was thin, could sound shrill, the bass was nothing to brag about, neither was... | |
| Transistor Preamp that sounds like a Tube Preamp? Would you two guys just stop fighting? (Asa, Tbg). It's really not worth having this non-stop pissing match. You're both intelligent, you both have strong opinions that clash, so just leave it be....Tbg, no, I don't have access to an H-Cat that I ... | |
| Transistor Preamp that sounds like a Tube Preamp? I appreciate people's opinions. But I find comments offensive that imply how ignorant I must be if I expect any SS preamp to sound similar to a tube preamp.There will always be tube fanatics and transistor fanatics who will always hate the other t... | |
| Cable Burn In Problem Thanks, guys. The problem is the XLR's. No old receivers or tuners have XLR connections. I've heard of adaptors to make XLR connectors accept RCA, but not the other way around.Sorry, Drubin, I don't agree with you on burning lasers for 100 hours. ... | |
| Transistor Preamp that sounds like a Tube Preamp? Thanks, guys. My problems with tube preamps:The tubes get noisy.Even matched sets of same tubes can sound different.Yes, you can vary the sound with different tubes, but you are trading different colorations along with the improvements.More hum an... | |
| ARC ls26 vs.SF Line-3/se Here is what Semi states above: Which tube equipment does not have heat related damage?The answer: Most tube equipment doesn't have heat related damage, particularly tube preamps, which produce limited amounts of heat. You want to know what was wr... |