I want to purchase a SACD player in the $1000-1500 range--any
recommendations? So far, Marantz looks like the best contender--either the
SA 15S1 or the SA 8260. Thanks in advance.

minor9th wrote:
I want to purchase a SACD player in the $1000-1500 range--any
recommendations? So far, Marantz looks like the best contender--either the
SA 15S1 or the SA 8260. Thanks in advance.


I bought the Marantz SA11S for $1999. A little out of your range, but
definitely worth it! It plays SACD's superbly, but as important, it
plays Red Book CD's as good as it gets.

"minor9th" wrote in message
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I want to purchase a SACD player in the $1000-1500 range--any
recommendations? So far, Marantz looks like the best contender--either the
SA 15S1 or the SA 8260. Thanks in advance.


You can buy a brand new (but just discontinued) top-of-the-line Marantz 9500
on eBay or Audio Advisor (with full warranty) for $1500, versus the original
$2500 price. It is an excellent unit...the only significant upgrade to the
new 9600 is the inclusion of DVI output.

I've looked into the Denon DVD 3910 which seems to be a decent unit. It goes
for about $1200 US.

minor9th wrote:
I want to purchase a SACD player in the $1000-1500 range--any
recommendations? So far, Marantz looks like the best contender--either the
SA 15S1 or the SA 8260. Thanks in advance.
Just purchased a Marantz dv8400-dvd and sacd and dvd-a and etc
was lucky -the new model just came out and it was graded lower than
this---bought it as a deo and it is the Best sacd and other cd's--I
listen to it every night for about 2 hours with about a dozen
sacds-stereo and multichannel and also listen to older cd's--if you can
beat this sound I'll buy it AL

Thanks. I found the SA SA 15S for $1500--I'll probably go for that. ( I
don't think my wife would allow anotehr $2000 purchase!)

I want to purchase a SACD player in the $1000-1500 range--any
recommendations? So far, Marantz looks like the best contender--either
the
SA 15S1 or the SA 8260. Thanks in advance.


I bought the Marantz SA11S for $1999. A little out of your range, but
definitely worth it! It plays SACD's superbly, but as important, it plays
Red Book CD's as good as it gets.

minor9th wrote:
I want to purchase a SACD player in the $1000-1500 range--any
recommendations? So far, Marantz looks like the best contender--either the
SA 15S1 or the SA 8260. Thanks in advance.

For about $1500 you can get an AVR with ilink in and a
universal player with ilink out, eliminating bass management,
speaker distance, DSP etc issues.. That's what I'd do.
Actually that's what I already *did*.



--
-S
"If men were angels, no government would be necessary." - James Madison (1788)

Steven Sullivan wrote:
minor9th wrote:
I want to purchase a SACD player in the $1000-1500 range--any
recommendations? So far, Marantz looks like the best contender--either the
SA 15S1 or the SA 8260. Thanks in advance.

For about $1500 you can get an AVR with ilink in and a
universal player with ilink out, eliminating bass management,
speaker distance, DSP etc issues.. That's what I'd do.
Actually that's what I already *did*.


But if the original poster really wanted SACD, and as it DRM protected
like DVD-Audio, there is only a few player that allow digital out on
SACD and DVD-Audio. I know that the Denon can do it, but I don't know if
any other manufacturer has gotten the license to do it.

"Minh Tran-Le" wrote in message
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Steven Sullivan wrote:
minor9th wrote:
I want to purchase a SACD player in the $1000-1500 range--any
recommendations? So far, Marantz looks like the best contender--either
the
SA 15S1 or the SA 8260. Thanks in advance.

For about $1500 you can get an AVR with ilink in and a universal player
with ilink out, eliminating bass management,
speaker distance, DSP etc issues.. That's what I'd do.
Actually that's what I already *did*.


But if the original poster really wanted SACD, and as it DRM protected
like DVD-Audio, there is only a few player that allow digital out on SACD
and DVD-Audio. I know that the Denon can do it, but I don't know if any
other manufacturer has gotten the license to do it.

Actually the Sony XA 9000ES, the Marantz 9600, and the Onkyo 1000 all use
iLink, I believe. As well as the Denon. And perhaps also the new top-end
Pioneer.

On 6 Feb 2006 20:08:50 GMT, Minh Tran-Le wrote:

Steven Sullivan wrote:
minor9th wrote:
I want to purchase a SACD player in the $1000-1500 range--any
recommendations? So far, Marantz looks like the best contender--either the
SA 15S1 or the SA 8260. Thanks in advance.

For about $1500 you can get an AVR with ilink in and a
universal player with ilink out, eliminating bass management,
speaker distance, DSP etc issues.. That's what I'd do.
Actually that's what I already *did*.


But if the original poster really wanted SACD, and as it DRM protected
like DVD-Audio, there is only a few player that allow digital out on
SACD and DVD-Audio. I know that the Denon can do it, but I don't know if
any other manufacturer has gotten the license to do it.

In addition to Denon via DenonLink, there are others using iLink for
SACD and DVD-A (Pioneer, Onkyo, Denon) and Accuphase (proprietary for
SACD). For DVD-A only, there's Meridian.

Kal

Minh Tran-Le wrote:
Steven Sullivan wrote:
minor9th wrote:
I want to purchase a SACD player in the $1000-1500 range--any
recommendations? So far, Marantz looks like the best contender--either the
SA 15S1 or the SA 8260. Thanks in advance.

For about $1500 you can get an AVR with ilink in and a
universal player with ilink out, eliminating bass management,
speaker distance, DSP etc issues.. That's what I'd do.
Actually that's what I already *did*.


But if the original poster really wanted SACD, and as it DRM protected
like DVD-Audio, there is only a few player that allow digital out on
SACD and DVD-Audio. I know that the Denon can do it, but I don't know if
any other manufacturer has gotten the license to do it.


Pioneer has had license to pass SACD digitally via ilink for some years now,
well before Denon. I think they've put out three universal player with ilink
(47ai, 59avi, and 79avi). Yamaha now has an ilink uni-player too (S2500).


--
-S
"If men were angels, no government would be necessary." - James Madison (1788)