Selling one of my all-time favorite Redbook & Hi-Rez SACD digital players; Stereophile "Class A Recommended Component".Mine has already had the well-known (at least among those who have owned this player in the high-end audio community) "resistor fix" as well as a fairly recent new laser replacement; I am the original owner and have had this for so long that it did require laser servicing/replacement a couple of different times (of course when it already exceeded the warranty coverage period!). Everything is working fine and as it should and this is still one terrific sounding unit; I passed over numerous other players in the sub-$1000 range during the last ~10 years that to these ears, just never quite "bettered" its Redbook & SACD performance or which seemed like a "lateral move" at best. Please Note: It is missing the small rubber button cover for the "Skip/Fast Forward(>>/>)" function on the unit's faceplate, but this is in all practicality a "non-issue" as you can still depress the button itself without problem if you so desire and besides the included remote control does the job just fine anyways...aside from this most minor of details this unit is in overall excellent cosmetic condition-clean and from a smoke-free environment. I have the remote control, original box and packaging materials, and the user manual, (plus some various other SA8260 incidental product literature I obtained over the years). Please check my Asylum feedback (I also have over 14 years of positive feedback from Audiogon--username "Soberdude") and buy with the utmost confidence. I'm willing to arrange to meet-up within a 75-mile drive of Raleigh, NC, and of course will discuss all final particulars in advance via phone call with serious buyers. Thanks. I've included the URL link to John Mark's glowing review and recommendation from Stereophile, and here it is as well: Marantz SA-8260: "This multichannel SACD/CD player ($1049) is elegantly designed and solidly built. By my rough measure it provided about two-thirds of the sonic refinement of Marantz' SA-14 player at about a third of that unit's $2800 price. Disc-access times were not excessive, and its tracking was quiet. Its sound quality was detailed but not edgy. Indeed, between the SA-8260's CS4397 digital chipset and its claimed attention to analog output circuitry ("HDAM modules"), its CD playback was so good that only pure-DSD SACDs could make a slam-dunk case for the new medium. Which of course they did, especially the not-for-sale Iván Fischer/Budapest Festival Orchestra demo SACD. Default-recommending the SA-8260 at its price tier is a no-brainer..."
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