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RE: SACD player to source a headphone system - any recommendations?

Posted by Chuck Y (A) on June 27, 2013 at 09:15:43

In Reply to: SACD player to source a headphone system - any recommendations? posted by mbnx01 on June 23, 2013 at 11:01:52:

I use a Marantz 11sa3, Senn 650's, and a Woo W3 amp for my headphone system. The amp is a substantial improvement over the built in headphone stage in the CDP.

One of the things I really like about the 11SA3 is its dynamics and that really affects the RBCD performance as much as the SACD performance. It breaths some life in some older (dull) RBCD's and really enhances the sound of high quality RBCD's as well. It just sounds less compressed than my other CDP's. I'm, not near so impressed with the difference between high quality RBCD's and SACD's and frankly would not buy recordings in the SACD format just because they were that. Performance rules for me, not so much format.

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