Notice how many SACD collections for sale?

I don't care one bit about comments that anything is dying, but I do think some try to be at the front of the wave.

I have been so impressed with the improvements with the RealityCheck on redbook that I wonder about how wise it is to buy further sacds. I made a RC copy of the hybrid redbook layer of a favored sacd. Comparing the sacd with the RC redbook leads me to favor the redbook, although the sacd sounds smoother and with a wider, less forward sound stage. It is just not a real sounding as the RC redbook.

Will I sell my 500 sacds? Probably not as there may be further improvements in reading them as there have been for redbook.

I don't care one bit about comments that anything is dying, but I do think some try to be at the front of the wave.

I have been so impressed with the improvements with the RealityCheck on redbook that I wonder about how wise it is to buy further sacds. I made a RC copy of the hybrid redbook layer of a favored sacd. Comparing the sacd with the RC redbook leads me to favor the redbook, although the sacd sounds smoother and with a wider, less forward sound stage. It is just not a real sounding as the RC redbook.

Will I sell my 500 sacds? Probably not as there may be further improvements in reading them as there have been for redbook.

Hififile, I have Take Five on 45 rpm LP and have done a RealityCheck copy. Both are better than my SACD.

Milpai,

Having done 50 cds now, I am glad I bought the machine. I only wish that the cleaning process were not so tedious and so necessary.

Patternlou, I would not go so far as to say that "stereo SACD is a dud," but I have only heard mc sacd under limited circumstances where the hardware was very expensive and quite unimpressive sounding IMHO. I am unlikely to ever invest in the necessary equipment for mc.

While I have always thought vinyl gave the best reproduction of performances, I thought that sacds were second best, because of their sense of the soundstage and superior top end. I must say that dads were very close, however, as were HDCDs.

When RealityCheck came along, however, I must say that I find redbooks rejuvenated. Although I still enjoy my many and still growing collection of sacds, I miss the clarity and drive of RC copies of redbooks. I doubt seriously that there are many selling their sacd collections, but if they are I would strongly recommend they check out RealityCheck copies, unless they are just going back to redbook.

With more than 4000 available and so many new ones in each Music Direct listing, hardly dying.

I found the sa-cd net list after I made this estimate based on when 1000, 2000, and 3000 issue were reached.