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Marantz SA-10 arriving Monday!

I've been hearing and reading all I can about this player during this last year. I have a 6005 right now and it's a nice player but not as good as my analog rig (10k) so it's not a fair comparison. Elizabeth mentioned that her SA-10 is better than her analog. I will be comparing the 2 SACD players side by side. I have at least 3 CD's in which I have duplicates. I'm fascinated about how the circuitry upsamples to DSD SACD. Well not exactly but somehow an improvement over Redbook CD. I have a 2" thick maple block coming in the same day for it. It's going to be a long weekend. I know it can't work miracles on all CD's. If there is jitter in the recording then supposedly you will never get that out. Speak up if I'm wrong about that.
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Twoleftears,

Guess you never listened to an Esoteric player. Are you going to trash one of the Highest end players on the planet if not THE best player because it has 8 Filters to choose from?

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There was just a SA-10 on Audiogon a few days ago for less than $3000. Probably went for 2500-2700. I have the DX-5 which is a "glorified" Oppo 83. For the approx.3K- 4K you have to spend on a DX-5 the less than 3K SA-10 is a screaming bargain if you dont need it as a Universal player.

Your also SOL if anything happens to your 10 Year Old DX-5 as Ayre doesn’t have any lasers or other replacement parts as confirmed by Michael at Ayre. You would have to source a laser (Made in China) if that went but the rest?? Probably going to be a doorstop unless you find a working Oppo 83.

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Use a better Power chord than the stock one and you will notice a big difference. The Luxman Power Chord on EBAY which sells for around $175 comes highly recommended by several on the SA-10
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