Marantz SA7001 KI vs. Philips C 650 mod.

[FritzS]

Hi,
Marantz SA7001 KI - Ken Ishiwata modified vs. Philips C 650 "FritzS" modified

First compare - very little difference between (CD) - but about 20 years difference in life
Philips engineers had done "a good work" too
But the Philips CD 650 is modified from me
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Sound difference - but the differences are very small
Marantz - fuller, more front-line, a bit less air between the musicans
Philips - lighter, airy, filigree, more air between

CD/SACD I compare with PF "Dark Side Of The Moon" (hybrid CD).
Here is the difference audible
SACD sounds definitiv better! ;D

Philips works about 100 .... 1000 hours in his life - I dont know this
Marantz works 48 (Marantz avouches at least 48 h burn-in time for KI Signature models) plus 4 hours.

The WNA sounds better than the internal Marantz headphone amp

My additional equipment - WNA MKII (AD843), Sennh. HD600, DIY + Marantz original cable

[FritzS]

I had seen the schema from SA7001 KI .....
analog path are discrete (transitors + JFET's) build OP amps - but electrolyte caps + resitors in line of the output - the analog part looks like similar to the old Philips CD 650 but superior grade

My Philips CD 650 reacts about the Marantz remote control

Philips & Marantz CD player are kinsman ..... they are working together in foretime .....

I guess the US SA8001 is very similar to the SA7001 KI (I found some hints in the schema about SA8001 too).