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In Reply to: RE: Has anyone bought an SACD player recently? posted by tunenut on November 16, 2016 at 17:41:41
I have the Marantz SA-11S3. I've had it for about a year now, and its quite good with both CDs and SACDs. It lists for $4K, has balanced out and a fair number of digital inputs. Built like a tank. The sound is smooth, detailed and a bit laid back. No listener fatigue after hours of listening. I highly recommend it.
Jack
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I also have the SA11-S3 and agree with all of the above. It replaced my Sony SCD777ES, and sounds much better in all ways. If you shop around, you can probably find a new Marantz for about $3200. Also, the now discontinued Yamaha CD-S2000 is a worthy contender and used ones occasionally show up on Audiogon for less than $1000. I have a S2000 as a backup for the sad day when my Marantz dies and SACD players become unobtainable.
Absolutely! sleeper.
I am impressed w/ the specs on the Yamaha S3000 cd/sacd spinner.
Whenever I am researching a cd/sacd player, I look for the signal-to-noise
ratio. Higher number(s) are better in sound and presentation.
Don't know if anyone is reading this thread anymore. I have an Oppo 105 that I bought because of limited rack space. I plan on sending it Music Technology when funds are available for their SteadiClock and Jfet analog signal path upgrade ($1800 for unbalanced, $2400 for balanced). I had them mod my Sony 5400 with the latest at that time VSE mod. One reviewer stated this mod trumped the VSE mod, which was very good.
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