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In Reply to: RE: new CD player and DAC needed posted by airheadair on May 21, 2016 at 18:36:10:
I was going to add to the Marantz recommendations. SA11S3 is a great choice if it's in your budget.
Regarding the rear input, it behaves like any other DAC. Up to 192/24 PCM via USB and coax, most optical is limited to 98/24 BUT I have tested 194/28 optical on my SA8004, and it worked. Source was a PC with a Juli@ sound card & JRiver as the player/program.
If you have digital files on a computer, the easiest way (I think) is to play them via a program like JRiver or Foobar, with the digital out via optical, coax, or USB (rear). The Marantz is functionally just like any external DAC, really.
The SA11S3 does NOT do DSD files via USB. The SA14S3 does, but it doesn't sound as good, and it appears you haven't gone down that path anyway.
I haven't spent enough time with the SA11 to comment on focus/ soundstage. But Marantz does have a house "sound" described as laid back or musical and it may or may not be not to your liking. Personally I think it would compliment the Stax quite well. Hifiman used an SA14 to demo their planar headphones at Axpona one year, nice combination.
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Follow Ups
- RE: new CD player and DAC needed - bean 22:09:02 05/21/16 (6)
- RE: new CD player and DAC needed - airheadair 13:30:55 05/22/16 (4)
- RE: oops, you're right, 14S1 not S3 - bean 19:56:54 05/22/16 (3)
- RE: oops, you're right, 14S1 not S3 - airheadair 20:47:29 05/25/16 (2)
- RE: oops, you're right, 14S1 not S3 - fantja 21:28:15 05/28/16 (1)
- RE: oops, you're right, 14S1 not S3 - Braxus 21:21:25 06/11/16 (0)
- RE: "Marantz does have a house "sound" described as laid back or musical".... - Ivan303 07:06:47 05/22/16 (0)
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