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In Reply to: RE: Marantz never again. posted by PeterCapo on November 06, 2009 at 10:48:03
I havetwo 2002 vintage SA-8260 players. Both read slow after playing for a few hours. I sent one off for "repair" and it came back slightly better.
But either is much better than the Philips SCD-1000 owned before. It lasted less than 3 months. Other lemons; the Krell, Sony SCD-333, Shanling, and even the well built SCD-777 and SCD-1. The big early Sony's require transport replacement after what I consider too short a life.
One item that has been identified as a cause of early failure is extended "burn in". This is leaving the player cycling on repeat to break it in. This usually leads to a completely broke player.
I had good luck with cheap Sony players SCD-775, and SCD-222ES and Marantz SA-11S2. Many have reported the Yamaha hold up.
My point is that SACD player have not held up like old CD players or even 50.00 DVD players. The players I listed as having high failure rates are all very good sounding. Just unreliable.
George
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