Bryan the switch boxes are off topic and have nothing to do with my views on high-end CD players. I was hardly contradicting myself. Believe it or not, the switch boxes work very well, and they are a lot cheaper than buying a new receiver with two sets of multi-channel inputs to handle...
Jeff,
Yes, you can use standard RCA inputs on your receiver for stereo SACD playback. You do not need to use the 5.1-channel inputs. If you were to buy the 'C333ES, you could run two standard RCA cables from it to a pair of RCA inputs on your receiver for playback of CDs and stereo SACDs...
Dave,
The SR-9200 is a current receiver and is one of Marantz's better models, so it must have analog bypass. Also, considering Marantz's tradition of stressing musical experssion ("Because music matters"), I can't imagine they would leave out an analog bypass mode.
Jeff,
Note that the...