In Reply to: Marantz SA-14 CD Player/Recorder posted by saywhat on February 15, 2002 at 21:51:00:
I only heard the Arcam for about 2 hours comparing it with a just-out-of-the-box SA-14. I liked the Arcam but it wasn't in the same league as the SA-14 playing SACDs. I still continue to re-evaluate my SA-14 as I make improvements to my system. As for resolution, I'm beginning to wonder whether I've got too much now!An option I may consider is to add an external DAC together with more forgiving ICs to rescue some of my CDs, while using the more transparent ICs just for SACD. This is probably the best of both worlds ... but I feel no imperative to fiddle at the moment. I buy very few CDs now and consider them poor value given the sound I can get on SACD.
Stephen Best
Canberra, Australia
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Follow Ups
- SA-14 vs FMJ CD23 - Stephen 22:46:21 02/15/02 (10)
- Re: SA-14 vs FMJ CD23 - saywhat 14:43:06 02/16/02 (8)
- Too much resolution! - Stephen 15:26:55 02/16/02 (7)
- Follow up on resolution - Stephen 13:12:52 02/17/02 (1)
- Re: Follow up on resolution - Christine Tham 14:59:08 02/17/02 (0)
- Powr conditioning - Steve M 04:55:20 02/17/02 (0)
- Don't use UPSs designed for computers - Metralla 16:05:11 02/16/02 (2)
- Sorry, I may have the wrong Charles Hansen - Metralla 17:43:03 02/16/02 (0)
- Thanks. I just *knew* I wouldn't be allowed to get off cheaply! (nt) - Stephen 16:10:58 02/16/02 (0)
- Re: Too much resolution! - Christine Tham 15:49:26 02/16/02 (0)
- Re: SA-14 vs FMJ CD23 - Christine Tham 00:02:00 02/16/02 (0)