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Using Marantz SA-KI-Pearl CD player as DAC
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<blockquote data-quote="Zealot" data-source="post: 918158" data-attributes="member: 17310"><p>Ok gents, temptation was just too much so went ahead and got it.</p><p></p><p>The Marantz is a tank of note! Super-well built and for a CD player it weighs a ton! I hooked it up on my temporary humble setup last night, old rotel 30w intergrated; barely entry-level slim floor-stander speakers and a PC via the USB connection.</p><p></p><p>At first the only difference I could hear was that the Marantz just made it sound louder, but after listening to a couple well-known hi-res tracks I was able to distinguish much lower bottom-end and airy highs.. so it does make it sound better, whether R6k better :nfi:</p><p></p><p>Something I also noted was that on the display of the Marantz it only shows 44.1 and up to 96 khz depending on selection - I am not sure if it down samples everything to 96khz. The tracks I threw at it was 192; 256 and up and it played no problem with no audible difference.</p><p></p><p>It's a bloody expensive CD player (to me) so I am not sure what to do - I do have the option of returning it and try out something else. I think it is a bargain for the kit considering it retailed for close to R30k The DAC is the same as used in their reference top-of-the-range player apparently.</p><p></p><p>Would a different DAC with higher sampling rate make an audible difference? :thinking:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zealot, post: 918158, member: 17310"] Ok gents, temptation was just too much so went ahead and got it. The Marantz is a tank of note! Super-well built and for a CD player it weighs a ton! I hooked it up on my temporary humble setup last night, old rotel 30w intergrated; barely entry-level slim floor-stander speakers and a PC via the USB connection. At first the only difference I could hear was that the Marantz just made it sound louder, but after listening to a couple well-known hi-res tracks I was able to distinguish much lower bottom-end and airy highs.. so it does make it sound better, whether R6k better :nfi: Something I also noted was that on the display of the Marantz it only shows 44.1 and up to 96 khz depending on selection - I am not sure if it down samples everything to 96khz. The tracks I threw at it was 192; 256 and up and it played no problem with no audible difference. It's a bloody expensive CD player (to me) so I am not sure what to do - I do have the option of returning it and try out something else. I think it is a bargain for the kit considering it retailed for close to R30k The DAC is the same as used in their reference top-of-the-range player apparently. Would a different DAC with higher sampling rate make an audible difference? :thinking: [/QUOTE]
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