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SA8004 SACD Player
I bought this player as a stand in for my reference player. I am amazed at how good it is. I have read several good reviews on this player and they are right. My GF says it sounds good because of the system I dropped it into. LOL. My cheapest IC cost 5 times what this player did. I had an inexpensive Sony player in the system for a couple of days and it was like listening to music through a wall.
Is this player as good as my K-01? Of course not. It is the best player I have heard under 5 grand. It was $900. A bargain for how good it is. Now when does my K-01 return from service. LOL.
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Jim ________ Soulution 720/710, K-01, Kharma Mini Exquisite speakers, KS elation ICs, Tara Omega onyx speaker cables. |
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Jim
The sa8004 is an outstanding cd/sacd player that is easily worth double even triple it's price. It is my main source for listening to music |
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I dropped it into my system while my K-01 is being repaired. Amazing how good it is.
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Jim ________ Soulution 720/710, K-01, Kharma Mini Exquisite speakers, KS elation ICs, Tara Omega onyx speaker cables. |
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My back up player is the Oppo BDP-95 and it sounds fine. When using my system for background music I use the Oppo as a transport and feed the digital signal to the K-03. In my mind this helps minimize wear and tear on the Esoteric transport. Sent from my iPhone using A.Aficionado |
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Basically it quit responding to any of the buttons on the face plate. Ivan is all over it. It will get fixed. I have an OPPO 93 but I have not tried it in my system. It lives in my video setup. It would be a pain to take out of that system. I will sell the Marantz when I get my K-01 back.
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Jim ________ Soulution 720/710, K-01, Kharma Mini Exquisite speakers, KS elation ICs, Tara Omega onyx speaker cables. |
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I like mine a lot too, but my sole reservation is that the bass is a little flabby, like they voiced it to sound analog. Lacks the low end authority of the better Marantz players, IMO, but still, a great CD player, with immense inner detail that sets it firmly in audiophile territory.
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I think that SA is one that Modwright mods too, it is a great player for the coin. I think it is as good or better a redbook player than the oppo 95 I have, but I am not sure against the 105?
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Loving my 8004 but still deciding whether it sounds better or just different from the analogue (TUBE) outputs of my Shanling MKII T100.
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Main Equipment: Kharma Elegance dB11-S, JL Audio F113v2 X 2, Block Audio Line & Mono SE Amplification, Bricasti M21 DAC, Antipodes Kala K-50 Server, Clearaudio Performance SE. Satisfy tonearm & Maestro Wood MM cartridge. Power: Shunyata Everest 8000, Sigma XC v2, Sigma NR v2, Block Audio PCs, Defender, ADDPowr Wizard Grounding: Shunyata Altaira CGS - 4 X Alpha CGS cables, Network : Supra Cat 8+, Twin (Nenon) Modified Buffalo GS2016 Switches, Keces P3 LPSU, Cables: Wireworld Platinum 8 USB, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse 8 Speaker cables, 6M & 1M Tubulus Concentus ICs, Other:Two PSI Audio AVAA C20, Multiple GIK products, Stillpoint Apertures, Stillpoint Minis and Ultra SS, Three 20 Amp lines, Furutech GTX - Gold outlets, Adona Rack |
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The sa8004 has been upgraded to the sa8005 which also includes a $200.00 price increase.
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Been listening to the SA8004 that arrived from Craig (crwilli) this afternoon. Very nice sound and very pleasant to look at and easy to use. A most suitable replacement for the rather long-in-the-tooth McIntosh MVP861 it replaced. Cleaner sounding and much faster response to the various control inputs. Who knows? I might start liking this digital 'stuff'.
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Glenn... Canton Reference 9 Clearaudio SM Pro Focal Bathys JLA 10" Dominion Kuzma Stabi S w/MC & MM Magnepan 1,7i McIntosh MA8950 & MR88 Oppo 203 Roon Nucleus Rose Hifi RS150B Shunyata Gemini-4 Sony ST-A6B, TA-F6B, ST-J75 & PS-X75 Sorane SA1.2 & TA-1L Stillpoints LP1v2 WW Pt, Au & Ag |
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