Macdadtexas, while I am disappointed on how sacds have evolved, classical recordings continue to flourish. I also have an Oppo 83, but heavily modified by Exemplar. I must say that many, in fact most, sacds are outstanding on this unit. Last evening in particular, I listened to Patricia Barber's Companion both on sacd and cd. The sacd had much better realism in its soundstage and applause. I bought the Oppo because it gave me the greatest flexibility in my summer home, but I must admit that I am continually drawn away from my Mac Powerbook Pro, Amarra, Firewire, and Weiss Minerva music server to the sacds on the Oppo. I have given up on anyone ever finding a method to put sacds on a harddrive.
SACD's to avoid due to poor remastering.
I have just purchased and played a copy of a SACD titled "The Ultimate Tony Bennett" CS63570 a Columbia release.. This would have to rank as one of the worst remastering"s I have ever heard. The sibilance is unbearable, the soundstage is congested and instrument tonality unbelievably poor. I dont think I have heard a CD that sounds worse let alone a SACD.
I thought compiling a list of such titles to avoid may be interesting.
Regards
FWIW I have a Playback Designs MPS-5 which to my ears is the most analog sounding digital player to date. This therefore reinforces my criticism of the remastering of the disc.
I thought compiling a list of such titles to avoid may be interesting.
Regards
FWIW I have a Playback Designs MPS-5 which to my ears is the most analog sounding digital player to date. This therefore reinforces my criticism of the remastering of the disc.