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RE: Marantz 8802a vs.Emotiva XMC-1 5.1 analog (Kal Rubinson?)?

Posted by Jim Pearce on December 18, 2016 at 10:10:08:
Indeed, colourations like this are so system specific that these decisions can be hell for those of us who aren't professional reviewers. I listened to the SA-14 a couple of times on some Meadowlark speakers in the shop and liked it very much. I brought it home and it immediately sounded warm and even murky in the upper bass/lower mids. Perhaps very much a consequence of my Studio 100 v3s, but there it is.