Marantz SA-1 holding up well agains next gen.?

How do people feel the Marantz SA-1 is holding up against some of the newer SACD and redbook players? I am particularly interested in comparison with the SA-11s1. Thanks.

--will

wrtickle10-29-2005 7:21pm

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baranyi Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 717 posts 12-10-2005 at 03:53am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Has anyone moded this unit and who good was the Sa-1 Modified?
baranyi Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 717 posts 12-10-2005 at 10:56pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thank you Lkdog! Bob
baranyi Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 717 posts 12-15-2005 at 03:20am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I have only tried mine with RCA's. A number of SA-1 owners tell me that I need to try mine with the XLR connections because they are far superior. I will try this over the weekend. Bob
baranyi Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 717 posts 12-21-2005 at 03:11pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I want to thank a couple of SA-1 owners who advised me to use XLR's on this player. The SA-1 is much more transparent using the XLR connections. In this configuration the SA-1 is far better than I previously thought. My unit is very cable sensitive as well. The differences in power cords can be easily heard. I have not heard all the other high dollar CD players out there but this is definitely musical player in this configuration. As audiophiles we have our disagreements as is evidenced by this thread. But really, isn't this a great hobby or what! With all the suffering in the world,aren't we blessed to be able to argue which of our machines make music more authentically. I wish the rest of the world had our issues!! Happy holidays to all!! Bob

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