Marantz SA8260

Gadabout
Gadabout Posts: 1,072
edited January 2008 in Electronics
Is any one using, or have opinions on the SA8260?

I need to upgrade my CD player, and this would be at the top end of what I can spend ($550).

Is there something else I should be considering in this price range?

Thanx
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited December 2007
    It's a nice player and can be found for less than <450 on the used market.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited December 2007
    Yeah, I've looked at them before. You can get one for around $450 shipped from Agon in most cases.

    Good luck. Seems to be a very solid player with very good reviews.
    Stereo Rig: Hales Revelation 3, Musical Fidelity CD-Pre 24, Forte Model 3 amp, Lexicon RT-10 SACD, MMF-5 w/speedbox, Forte Model 2 Phono Pre, Cardas Crosslink, APC H15, URC MX-950, Lovan Stand
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  • Gadabout
    Gadabout Posts: 1,072
    edited January 2008
    Thanx guys,
    For your input.

    Bought one at Audiogon today. Looking forawrd to getting it home setting it up, and seeing what it can do.
    Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid. ..... Frank Zappa
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited January 2008
    I hope you like it as much as I do mine. Very neutral sonics, nice DAC performance for both redbook usage and SACD.

    They are prone to some software glitches that misread discs, but Marantz can help with new firmware. Mine seems to lose where its at if left powered up overnight, which requires cycling it off/on, but for the $$$ used, nothing beats it on the market today even 6 years later.
    HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable

    2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable
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