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I'm in the same boat you are in...I'm looking for a $1000-$2000 SACD/CDP and have looked into the Marantz SA-8260 & SA-14. In my case, I'm looking for a top notch CDP and a very good SACD player mostly for 2 channel classical CD/SACDs. The real dilemma is do you want ONLY 2 channel or do you want at least the ability to do an occasional MCH. I have hunted quite hard for a SA-14 [Version 1, as it was designed for 120V use and have no desire to mod a Ver2 to 120V, which is fairly easy to find] and haven't really been entirely successful. Thus, I'm almost tempted to get the SA-8260 except for two relatively major problems, first you can't set the SACD to default to Stereo, and second, there have been quite a few complaints about Table of Contents (TOC) errors/failures. I’m hoping that Marantz will release the SA-14 Version 2 in the US, but I’m afraid that Marantz will look at all of the “Joe Schmo Consumers” and say “All they want is MCH, so why release the SA-14 Ver 2 into that market”
Good luck, at let us know how your hunt turns out…..
-Dave
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