Listening to the soundtrack of "The Big Chill" from 84 and the Marantz takes some of the shrill away. Some of the tracks are outstanding. "Good lovin" but "Tracks of my Tears" is very shrill. Coming from different sources it's understandable. Maybe some were early digital transfers
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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Big Chill was poorly mastered. But it also was out of absolute phase. If you are using XLR's with the SA-10 go to settings and check the phase and reverse it and listen. I check all my CD's to make sure my phase setting is correct. Some gear pin 2_is hot or cold depending on the gear, but many recordings including vinyl were recorded out of absolute phase. My Quad speakers really let you know when the phase settings are wrong. |
I got an SA10 for myself a few months ago, and I must say that it is an incredibly natural sounding player, plus great detail retrival, slam and musicality. I spent serious time on RCA vs XLR, and settled on a suitable pair of XLRs (VDH Second). I want know two things - is there a concept of a firmware update? should one screw around with this given that the player is doing very well as it is ? Secondly, how does one play off a USB stick? how does one control browsing? When I try it just says format "unsupported". |
@cool_jeeves Format the USB stick as FAT32, otherwise it will not get recognized. Also, USB stick or external SSD power consumption must be less than 5V 1A. I’ve tried Samsung EVO internal SSD as external drive (with SATA to USB adapter) and it does not get recognized. Please organize the songs in the USB stick by folder, then from SA-10 remote, press the MODE button to browse the songs by folder. Browsing folders can be done using the 4 arrow buttons + ENTER above MODE/TRIM. Once you start playing song with ENTER button, skipping songs use the regular buttons. I recommend you try listen to free DSD downloads (from the USB stick) as the SA-10 sounds the best with DSD. https://dsd-guide.com/where-can-you-find-dsd-music-downloads#.XjPSLGgzZaQ |
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