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RE: Marantz SA-7S1 - new purchase

Posted by Keilic (A) on May 20, 2008 at 20:01:59

In Reply to: RE: Marantz SA-7S1 - new purchase posted by chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com on May 16, 2008 at 12:52:35:

Thanks Chris and everyone for your replies.

I know I've been late in getting back to your notes, and this is due partly to the time it takes to clock 200hours on a CD player - 10 days non-stop play! I will come back soon with more results.

I agree with you that SA-7S1 is a reference point around which I intend to upgrade the rest of my system. I was just a little disappointed (although not entirely surprised since a friend has been reality checking me for a while) that AVR350 is regarded so poorly in absolute terms (even though is is good in its category). I have set AVR350 on bi-amp too and did not previously think there was any obvious weakness in this unit.

Some preliminary updates:

* SA-7S1 (US$5,500 machine dealer in HK) seems to sound better after close to 100hrs. Compared with 840C (US$1,300) on the same set up in my original email, I would liken it to a beast let loose from its chains somewhat. More dynamic and vibrant, making 840c sound more in-a-box. Not a HUGE amount of improvement at this point, but it is now somewhat more enjoyable in my ears than 840c.

* SA-7S1 could not read 3 discs (out of around 30 discs). 840c had no problem reading those discs. I experienced similar problems while demo-ing SA-7S1 in shops. On those 3 discs (all red-book non-SACD), SA-7S1 will simply not play them at all no matter how many times I try (says "no disc" or "cannot play"). On the other 27 discs, no problems at all. So called the dealer and he agreed that agent will deliver a replacement unit this Tuesday. The agent then called and said the delivery will be on Firday (23 May 2008) instead so I could get the "latest" unit. Not sure what this means but I will call dealer and ask later.

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