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RE: marantz SA-10

Posted by airheadair on April 18, 2017 at 11:51:12:
"It makes no sense to upgrade for SACD with a STEREO only SACD player"

You keep saying that. But many of us, including me, only have a stereo system, not a multichannel system. I love my old speakers, and it would be completely impossible, for many reasons, to build them into a multichannel system.

Perhaps I could say more. I have many versions of Modern Cool (big PB fan), including vinyl, CD, and SACD. Although it is not the case for all of her recordings, I ranks these as follows:
vinyl > SACD >>> CD.

There is also a multichannel version of Modern Cool available, (Blu-ray?), which in fact won a grammy. I never heard at home, but did ask to hear at a local high end store. Although the sound was good, it made me feel as if I were in the center of the band, instead of the audience. So I don't think it is really realistic in that sense. So I'm not convinced I need/want multichannel.

Maybe you are saying something different; that SACD multi-channel has better intrinsic sonic quality that stereo?