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Master Set
Master Set is for setting the speakers only so turn the subwoofer OFF when doing it. You then reintegrate the subwoofer after setting the speakers. 
Denon dcd 110 or Marantz saki Ruby?
I own a Ruby, purchased in July this year. If sacd is prominent in your listening, like mine, I highly recommend the Ruby, if you can find one. I have a collection of around 2000 discs, 70% sacd. The Ruby is lights out good.  
Master Set
Mofi, All Good!!!Btw, did you once work for Rod? If so, I might even know you. I came in to the store a lot when it was on Evans. I lived in western Wyoming at the time, so it was a bit of a trip. 
Master Set
Hi mofi, I've known Rod since 1994. He got all my spare money for nearly 10 years. Now I live in Australia and haven't been to Denver for a long time. So, since you know more about the procedure than me, is my depiction of the audioaficinado post ... 
Master Set
Dear mofimadness,The term Master Set, as coined by Rod Tomson, has been around for nearly 20 years. Many of the posts about how to do it were written by me, and reflected my own understanding and efforts to do it.What I posted yesterday is the nea... 
Speaker Setup.....
Hello, my name is Steven Harrison and I wrote the description of Master Set in the link in the first post. I wrote this about 10 years ago and sent it to Arthur Salvatore, who later passed it on and now it shows up in a lot of Google searches.Mast... 
Broken Xindax SCD-2
Dear Traudio,The links about the KHM234AAA, sent to you by myself and Alex, are of the complete transport unit. What you seem to want is the plastic holding mechanism for the transport unit. Any repair shop that works on cd players can likely remo... 
Any thoughts on Osborn/ Krix or Aussie/kiwi hi fi
Australia is a big country. If you go to Melbourne, you could audition Greg Osborn's stuff, if you contact him as noted. You could also audition Aspen Amplifiers, if you contact Hugh. See his circle on Audiocircle for further info. If you want to ... 
230v to 110v conversion for Marantz SACD player
You shouldn't have any issues.I live in Australia and use a stepdown converter to run my US Marantz player with the 230V grid here.Go to www.voltageconverters.com for what you need. 
Experience with high end fuses????
Interesting reading and here's another view.I have HiFi Tuning fuses in my amp. One for the AC input at the IEC, and one on each power rail, for a total of 5. In order for any effectiveness, ALL fuses need to be changed. If you only change the AC ... 
SACD anamoly?
Rotarius,That MLP must be the Rach 2&3 disc, and it must be one from the first batch of that disc. It was problematic for a lot of players for some reason. There was a second pressing of this disc and there seemed to be no issues with it. 
DCS reading problem
The KHM-230AA unit is used in a lot of players. The quality control of these units is not the best and they can go bad in a short amount of time. The only solution is to replace and hope for the best. 
Problem with Marantz SA-8260
Dear rapn3,I didn't need to say what I said second post up. 
Problem with Marantz SA-8260
Well, to continue on.....First time, that is after several months of frustration, I experienced the reading difficulties, I got a disc cleaner and cleaned the laser according to instructions. It worked. Well, it worked for about 30 minutes that is... 
Problem with Marantz SA-8260
Dear Rapn3,Grow Up.