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Are Sony SACD Machine Owners Crazy??

I am sorry about the "tabloid" title..but another
post I did got little response on what, I think, is a real
question. Ie:.. many people have stated that the playback
of standard format cd's (16/44) on these SACD machines is
very good...indeed beyond things like Levinson..etc. The
question is ..in this age of "upsampling" 24/96..and beyond, how can these one bit/bit-stream (in "redbook" format) units
be so good? This is asking the owners of the model 1, 777,
9000..etc. Sony players..how can this be so. I had owned
the Xa-7es at one time, and thought that the excellent
playback was the FET analog stage...these new SACD machines
are all using OP-AMPS....not very "high-end". The concern
I have is that while we all hope for a format that will give
us analog sound in a digital format, the near-term concern
is what any unit...SCAD or DVD-A will do with my collection
of standard CD's?
whatjd

Showing 1 response by tommart

tommart
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Everyone has different standards. I had a 10 year old $500 Sony CD and a Sony 300 CD/DVD player that had similar CD audio. I bought a $500 Panasonic DVD-A player and $600 JVC DVD-A player. CD quality was no better. DVD-A was slightly better. I then bought a Sony 9000ES. CD play was better than DVD-A on the Panasonic and JVC. SACD was a step up. I returned the Panasonic and JVC.

Still, I'm sure that my S9000ES is not as good as a $2,000 plus transport/DAC combo.
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