I am interested as well and all that I have found is one person on audioasylum that said in many ways it was better than the SA-1 which many people liked better than the Sony SCD-1. Most of the dealers I have called had a fear of two channel units that will already be obsolete when the multi-channel units come out. I was of the 2 channel only mind until I read the follow up review of the phillips player where the reviewer waxed poetic about how good one multichannel recording that comes with the phillips unit sounded. The rub is that most of the recordings are crappy and not natural sounding with instruments coming from all directions. The goal should be to feel more like you are in the concert hall. J Gordon Holt has been on the multi channel band wagon for years and swears by it.
Marantz SA-14
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Does anybody have any experience with the new Marantz SACD player, the SA-14? I am looking to get a new SACD player, and was put off by the new models coming from Sony in that they are multi disc players, and I can't quite get my mind around that concept for some reason...
I need a front loading unit, so the earlier Sony models are out, and that leaves the options as the Marantz SA-1 (too expensive), or the SA-14.
So has enbody heard this? The rest of my system is Electrocompaniet ECI-3, and Kef RDM-3 speakers.
Thanks
Does anybody have any experience with the new Marantz SACD player, the SA-14? I am looking to get a new SACD player, and was put off by the new models coming from Sony in that they are multi disc players, and I can't quite get my mind around that concept for some reason...
I need a front loading unit, so the earlier Sony models are out, and that leaves the options as the Marantz SA-1 (too expensive), or the SA-14.
So has enbody heard this? The rest of my system is Electrocompaniet ECI-3, and Kef RDM-3 speakers.
Thanks