Thread: Marantz Test Demo SACD 14

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Post by Travis December 20, 2013 (1 of 8)
Can someone help me add this:
http://www.soundfidelity.co.uk/products/sts-digital/marantz-high-end-audiophile-test-demo-sacd-14th-edition/

I cannot because I cannot get past the barcode. None on this.

Post by Polly Nomial December 21, 2013 (2 of 8)
From a practical perspective, I can't enter it without a barcode. From a more philosophical perspective, the titles listed are (now) those that are for sale to the general public (or were for some earlier titles); clearly a disc without a barcode doesn't meet that criterion either.

Post by Wilhelm—Xu Zhong-Rui December 21, 2013 (3 of 8)
Polly Nomial said:

From a practical perspective, I can't enter it without a barcode. From a more philosophical perspective, the titles listed are (now) those that are for sale to the general public (or were for some earlier titles); clearly a disc without a barcode doesn't meet that criterion either.

I'm not much of a friend if, when I believe I can, I don't make an effort ?!


A Google image search resulted in the above graphic of the back cover. And going to http://www.sts-digital.nl I find titles and distributor links...

For example, http://www.vkmusic.ca/sts-digital-index.html (official North America and Canada distributor) lists still available albums (SA-CD and otherwise) with STS prefixed codes...

Likewise, http://www.airaudio.co.uk/brands/sts-digital/ is the United Kingdom distributor...


If you're interested, visit http://www.sts-digital.nl for your regional distributor or :
Only for customers without a distribution country : http://www.sts-digitalshop.nl


If you're really interested (in collecting their SA-CDs releases), I suggest you ask them directly (the chance of rare or omitted titles from back catalog) :
info@sts-digital.nl

Post by Travis December 21, 2013 (4 of 8)
Polly Nomial said:

From a practical perspective, I can't enter it without a barcode. From a more philosophical perspective, the titles listed are (now) those that are for sale to the general public (or were for some earlier titles); clearly a disc without a barcode doesn't meet that criterion either.

They are out there for sale. I had a J-card with the info in Chinese and a barcode....but I recycled it.

Available here: http://www.amazon.co.jp/HIGH-END-AUDIOPHILE-TEST-DEMO-EDITION/dp/B007KHAINA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1387687413&sr=8-2&keywords=Marantz+test+demo+sacd

Maybe a bit of snobbery on my part, but SACDs aren't really for the general public. A real niche market. Sometimes have to go to stores other than Amazon.com to find titles.

The barcode is: 4562329947993

On my iPad now, the upload image won't work. Still cannot upload it. :(

Post by hiredfox December 22, 2013 (5 of 8)
Travis said:

They are out there for sale. I had a J-card with the info in Chinese and a barcode....but I recycled it.

Available here: http://www.amazon.co.jp/HIGH-END-AUDIOPHILE-TEST-DEMO-EDITION/dp/B007KHAINA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1387687413&sr=8-2&keywords=Marantz+test+demo+sacd

Maybe a bit of snobbery on my part, but SACDs aren't really for the general public. A real niche market. Sometimes have to go to stores other than Amazon.com to find titles.

The barcode is: 4562329947993

On my iPad now, the upload image won't work. Still cannot upload it. :(

Amazon say currently unavailable?

Post by Travis December 22, 2013 (6 of 8)
hiredfox said:

Amazon say currently unavailable?

Funny, when I posted it, It was available .

Post by hiredfox December 23, 2013 (7 of 8)
Travis said:

Funny, when I posted it, It was available .

Currently unavailable. Click here for details of availability.
We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock.

Post by mekduk December 26, 2013 (8 of 8)
For the local stock (Singapore), the disc is imported from Hong Kong distributor with a side insert written in Chinese.

Unfortunately I do not have the insert anymore which I think the above UPC should be correct one.

The number 15 disc is already released more than a year ago. This year we should be at disc 16 but I have yet to receive any email reply from Fritz of STS Digital with regards to the availability of disc 16.

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