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I have a dedicated music room in our basement. It has been extensively treated acoustically with bass traps and diffusors in all the right places. This is the best listening room I've ever had.  I listen 90+% of the time to classical music. This system does a great job of reproducing acoustic instruments. Violin, cello and piano timbres are rendered very realistically. System dynamics are outstanding. Recently added the Starkrimson class D monoblocks which are undergoing extensive listening trials.
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    • Marantz SA-11S2
    Stereo SACD/CD player
    • Cary SLP-05
    Fully Balanced tubed preamp
    • Manley Labs Snapper
    Monoblock power amps
    • Vandersteen Quatro Wood CT
    Full range, integrated powered sub, time aligned, phase coherent design
    • Cardas Cross
    Balanced versions
    • Cardas Golden Cross Biwire
    Excellent complement for this system.
    • Monster HTS-5100
    Power conditioner
    • Mytek Brooklyn DAC+
    DAC
    • Orchard Audio Starkrimson Monoblocks
    150W GaN class D monoblocks

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Nice system Krisjan. I agree with you that the Marantz is an improvement over the Cary 306. Did you happen to hear the older SA-11S1 version? If so, how does the newer one compare to it?

FWIW, I'm currently using a Marantz SA-11S1 that has the Ultimate upgrade from Underwood/pcX as my digital reference. It also replaced a more expensive Esoteric player.

Cheers,
John

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