Drake, what are you comparing it to?
I do not profess to having 'golden ears'...by a long shot, but I've had the SA-11S3 for almost four months now and have not noticed a change since taking it out of the box. What I do know is that, in my system, the SA-11S3 sounds much better than the players it replaced, a Marantz SA-15S1 and Cayin CDT-15A. Bass is tighter and cleaner, mids and highs are more detailed. I haven't been able to compare it to other players in it's price range but so far I'm very happy with it.
Sorry, this probably hasn't been much help but I thought that I'd throw in my 2 cents.
Rick
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