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SACD versus Vinyl LPs

I would like to how many of you out there spin vinyl (on a good or better rig) and SACD? Aside from multi channel playback, which format sounds better to you? Of the SACDs I have bought so far, I have not been overly impressed given their price compared to redbook cds. That said, new vinyl seems to be hitting the $30 per album price point these days.

Is SACD primarily popular with those that have gotten rid of their turntables? The SACDs I have boughten so far are Stevie Ray Vaughn "Texas Flood" and Mary Chapin Carpenter "Time Sex and Love". Yes, Pink Floyd and Peter Frampton are pretty good in multi channel.

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aroc
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LP beats SACD. This is not surprising. It's a shame too, since I grew up with digital. I would have preferred not having to adopt vinyl. For for the ultimate in sound quality (for most of us) vinyl is still king. I adopted SACD prior to vinyl and ended up abandoning the former is favor of the latter. It also did not help that the selection of titles (older classical and heavy metal) were better on vinyl than on SACD. I look forward to perhaps adopting SACD at a latter date when players have improved and when more classical titles are available.

My $0.02

Aaron
aroc
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Tgrisham why settle for 16/44.1 redbook? Why not make 2CH 24/96 DADs onto writable DVDs on your computer? That should blow away any redbook CD. Just need a DVD transport (modifed or stock) and a DAC that will access 24/96. Or maybe a modified universal player instead?
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