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So could HiRez downloads sound as good as SACD?

I'm not a computer-based audio person, just an SACD fan.
Is this possible or is it already around in some fashion?
What kind of hardware or software is needed?

I thought this lossless stuff was just meant to replicate redbook CDs, not to be at the DSD level. Am I wrong?
Thanks.
rgs92

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audioengr
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I have modded a number of SACD players over the last 10 years, so I have heard the best that they can do. I dont mod anymore.

Now I use exclusively computer audio interface that can do up to 24/192. I prefer the computer audio interface because I found that SACD often causes overblown dynamics, affecting liveness. Often the CD track on a dual-track CD was more live than the SACD track, particularly on orchestral recordings.

YMMV.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio
audioengr
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Edorr - you are comparing apples to oranges. Your SACD player versus the PW DAC. Not the same as comparing the two formats.

If your SACD player had a DAC in it with external inputs that could be driven from a good USB converter, this would be a better comparison, but still not quite apples to apples.

A better comparison would be a 44.1 track ripped from a CD and played on the PW DAC compared to the CD played back from the transport feeding the PW DAC.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio
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