Marantz SA-7S1 SACD Player Reviews

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I wanted to buy the new Esoteric S-60 ($4500) to replace my Cary Audio 303/200 as I thought the Cary was sounding a bit agressive, even with the upsampling feature. Since both the Esoteric and Marantz just came out with Stereophile's "class A" rating, I decided to be an austere and mature individual and save $3500.00 on a machine that I won't be listening that much after all. My schedule does not allow it. from Amazon.com I went with several CD changers and then some CD/DVD player/changers, all well under $500. Most were good (except those old cartridge changers) and provided good audio playback. More recently I got a Sony CD/SACD changer and had a Yamaha changer as well and would listen to CD's via digital input to my preamp or receiver. Here in the past year I've been looking at CD players again as I've been buying a lot more CD's - when I find good deals on them. from Amazon.com Marantz CD5001 Single Disc CD Player from Amazon.com The unit I got was DOA: the tray would not open. Marantz tech support cannot be reached by phone. So, though the seller offered to replace the defective unit with a new one, I had no confidence that even a unit that functioned normally at first would be repairable in future. from Amazon.com If you don't need a multi-changer, SA-CD sound reproduction, or a CD-recorder, you can't do better than this CD-player. I have a high-wattage receiver/amplifier with numerous powerful speakers, and the sound from the CD5001 is spectacular all across the frequency spectrum. from Crutchfield.com The Marantz CD5001 is an excellent value at $300. Qualitity of sound reproduction is far superior lesser-priced players, and while probably short of top-of-the-line machines, gave a significant boost to my mid-qualitity audio system. from Crutchfield.com Everyone knows the saying "You get what you pay for", but in this case, Marantz is practically paying you! This is a great bang for you buck type product. from Amazon.com I have had this unit only for a couple of weeks but I have played very demanding CDs in terms of sound quality, particularly chamber music in which I was looking for realistic sound, i.e., close to my experiences in real concerts. I think this unit does very well, I have never heard a very expensive unit in a top quality sound system, but I would not expect things to get much better than what I have heard with the Marantz, a newly refurbished 400 amplifier and 603S3 speakers. The CD drawer does close by itself if you do not load a disk soon after opening, but that is a really minor annoyance. from Crutchfield.com After about less than two months since i got it it stopped recognizing the cds and would not play any cd. Even if i put in a brand new cd it refused to play. Since it was over a month since i bought it i have to contact Marantz directly and their repair office hours hours are during the time i am at work. So i still have not been able to get in touch with them to find a repair shop near me (or a mailing address to send the player) to get it fixed. from Crutchfield.com Well my old faithful Technics model SL-PD687 cd changer finally died after 12 years. I went on line to find a new one and looked at all cd changers and read all customer reviews. I found this Marantz had the most positive reviews and the price was right. This cd changer works fantastic and is easy to learn how to operate. from Amazon.com

Released	over 3 years ago
Device Type	Player
CD Capacity	1
Outputs	Analog Audio x 1 Digital Audio Coaxial x 1 Digital Audio Optical x 1
Playable Disk Types	SACD CD (Audio) CD-R CD-RW
Depth	16.81 in.
Dynamic Range	114 dB
Frequency Response	2 Hz - 50 kHz (± 3 dB)
Height	5.44 in.
MPN	SA-7S1
Power Consumption	26 Watt
THD	0.0002 %
Weight	49.1 lb.
Width	18.06 in.

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