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Agree with all your points raised. My SA-7S1 is now in pastures new, as I was offered more for it than I paid (!). The SA-10 I trialled went back to the dealer.
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My SA-10 is not going back to the dealer, could not be more pleased with sale price and performance.
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The ND-8006 the dealer used to demo the McIntosh MA252 certainly sounded good. If the SA-10 is better then it must sound great.
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I purchased a Marantz SA-10 after my dealer loaned it to me for several days.
Previously I had bought a DAC from heim and returned it as 'being no better than my current bought used for $250 DAC... So he knew I would not be pleased with some trivial upgrade. The main thing I wanted to hear was the SA-10 DAC used with a separate transport, playing CDs.Well I bought one. The sound of CD was way better, primarily the treble. But also all music attack, and pace. And all this still using a bought used $40 five disc changer via Toslink to the Marantz SA-10. Now, several months since purchase, I play 98% of all CDs via one of the five disc changers to the SA-10 as DAC. The SA-10 spinner is a little better sounding directly, but not enough to get me to give up the ease of the five disc system. I also use a single disc other CD player via SPDIF. and it is a tiny bit better than the five disc via Toslink. with both using the SA-10 as the DAC. |
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It seems like a really interesting disc spinner/dac.
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So now, the realism is far better. It is really only in the details.. HF sound, better clarity, more "THERE" than before. And CDs clearly now have different mastering quality. Where before they all pretty much seemed the same. Now I can notice 'superdiscs, just like some LPs are way better. So are some CDs. ADDED: I should mention I own very few SACD, but own lots of CDs. I enjoy using various five disc changers. I was able to audition the Marantz SA-10 at home, and got to hear it with my changers connected via Toslink. I bought it based entirely on how it sounded playing CDs as a DAC, via Toslink from a CD changer. So as a SACD player, for people who own a lot of SACDs.. I cannot say much. But for a player which raises CD playback to an entirely new level, yes. The Marantz's own spinner, compared to my others, is better playing CDs. But so little it does not matter to me vs the convenience of the five disc changers. So I am 'saving' the SA-10 transport for critical moments.. and day to day (I listen to music about 10 hours a day) listening with the changers to the Marantz used as a DAC. (the Marantz is also nice as if the Toslink or SPDIF has a data lock, the Marantz lighting will stay off all the time. So I can leave it on 24/7 and it never has a display showing. Only a very tiny single red dot.) Last edited by Beet Farmer; 10-22-2018 at 11:12 PM. |
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