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In Reply to: Re: What the? posted by Dave Kingsland on May 18, 2005 at 10:49:52:
To each his/her own.>>I've owned a few Marantz units, including the DV-8400 universal which is similar in character to the Linn but not quite as good. The SA-14 (not a universal) is probably very close to Linn but warmer.<<
I had a 8400 in my system for a few weeks and it is NOT similar to any decent Linn by any means. Noise floor is high, transparency low, extension is minimal, they lack dynamic capability and sound compressed in comparison. It was easily blown away by my resident player.
I have heard the SA-14 which is considerably better than the 8400 directly against a few good dedicated cdps - and although it is a half decent cdp - it did not compare well to dedicated players either. Compared directly to a Sim Nova - it was no contest. I thought the SA14 to be a decent SACD player, but certainly not in the Linn class.
I have heard many dedicated cd players, the linn unidisk 1.1 compares favorably to many to my ears.
TBone
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