In Reply to: RE: Marantz 8802a vs.Emotiva XMC-1 5.1 analog (Kal Rubinson?)? posted by Dave_K on December 19, 2016 at 06:44:24:
My understanding is that the 8802a is more transparent due to the elimination of op amps in favour of HDAMs. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Marantz does a DSD to PCM conversion on a DSD bitstream. I'm thinking in terms of playing the Oppo bdp-95 (later 205) through the analog outs - Pure Direct in Marantz's parlance. For some reason it sounds as good in my system as my Esoteric DV-50 did, and much better than the SA-14 did.
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