sharri
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| For SACD fans only Dear JYMC, Yes, you are correct that you are not much of a technical guy. The digital out connection from any sacd player only outputs pcm signal, or cd signal. The only exception to this is if a player has HDMI output. That will allow you to sen... | |
| Bob Robbins' setup guide I have been doing this speaker placement method for years, ever since hearing it at RMAF 2007. It is hard to do however, and it took me about 10 years to get it right. And then I sort of wondered why it took me so long. That locked center image i... | |
| Marantz SA10 sacd player The laser hours only count the time the laser is ON when reading a disc. | |
| Marantz SA10 sacd player jayctoy, You will be doing yourself a big favor if you take the readings of hours and LOL on the new laser. That will give you benchmarks for all future use and time. Steve | |
| Marantz SA10 sacd player A couple of extra things here...... For years I used a Marigo mat with discs in my SA-8260. So, of course I tried it with the first disc in the Ruby when I got it. Didn't work. The Marigo mat is quite thin, but still it was too thick. So that was... | |
| Marantz SA10 sacd player jayctoy, Yes, you used your player a lot. Pity you didn't take the time to check the laser use times and levels before you took it in to be repaired. But you didn't. You mentioned that you bought an open box player, so it came with some use tim... | |
| Marantz SA10 sacd player Tvad, thanks for the clarification. I have been seeking first-hand knowledge of laser transport issues with the SA-10's and Ruby's for some time without much success. I mostly just wanted an idea of how long the laser mech was lasting. Now I kn... | |
| Marantz SA10 sacd player It is unethical to sell a problematic player and not mention it in the ad. It will lead to nothing but trouble, for everyone involved. Yet people do it. The first used sacd player I bought in 2007 failed to read the first 3 sacd's I tried. Seller... | |
| Marantz SA10 sacd player Hm, okay, you say so. I did mention that it was amongst owners who post on forums. In the past there has been no shortage of posts on forums, more so in the days of the sacd.net forum, about Marantz laser failures and terrible Marantz service... | |
| Marantz SA10 sacd player Yes, I received the PM. Thanks. BTW, you are the first known person to have an SA-10 laser failure and replacement amongst player owners on audio forums. These players have been around quite a while and the laser mechs do seem quite reliable. How... | |
| Marantz SA10 sacd player The connections on the rear of the SA-10 for digital inputs are optical (Toslink), coaxial (SPDIF), USB, and for IPOD. In the event that the SACD laser becomes non-functional the player still retains DAC functionality for the above inputs. The on... | |
| Marantz SA10 sacd player jayctoy, Since you are the one with the sacd laser issue, it would be informative if you could check and post your T22 level. If you cannot do it, then I imagine Casper at Stereo Rehab would do it before opening up your player. It takes only a f... | |
| Marantz SA10 sacd player Some time ago I wrote about Aging Mode and how people can check their laser hours and laser output levels. I check my laser hours on the first of every month, just because I can do it. I also check laser output levels every 6 months. The laser out... | |
| Marantz SA10 sacd player Good to read that Stereo Rehab can do the deed. | |
| Marantz SA10 sacd player immathewj, I would tend to think that your player is as it was described by MD when you bought it. MD is not like Accessories4Less. It came as it did because the previous people had obviously discarded the packing material and misplaced the power... |