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You just learned an important lesson

Posted by madisonears (A) on May 15, 2008 at 16:52:16

In Reply to: Marantz SA-7S1 - new purchase posted by Keilic on May 14, 2008 at 23:23:21:

While reading so much about disc players, you should have paid more attention to what so many experienced audiophiles frequently post here:
individual components can sound very different when coupled with other components; it is called system synergy, and it is a very real phenomenon.

What ever possessed you to buy a $5000+ player and expect it to sound its best when coupled to a mid-fi receiver/cable/speaker combo? I'm sorry, but the rest of your system is simply not able to resolve the level of performance of which your disc player is capable. Your other stuff is nice, but the SA-7 is among the better players available, at any price.

Can you return it? Do so at once, and purchase instead the SA-11S2, which will give you 90-95% of the performance at half the cost. Then spend the leftover money on better cables and think about a better receiver or, better yet, integrated amplifier. Ditch the Vibrapods. Vibration is not your problem, unless the player actually sits on top of a speaker. The Marantz units incorporate their own excellent vibration isolation.

Sorry to give you this bad news, but it's good advice. You cannot put a $5000 disc player into a $2000 system and get $7000 sound. It just doesn't work that way.

Stick with it; it's worth the effort and the money.

Peace,
Tom E

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