I always thought that some of the SACDs that I've heard did not sound natural in the high frequencies. The above disclosure in Stereophile may explain why. I never bought into the format and now I'm glad I waited. With upsampling, I get decent performance out of many Redbook CDs and of course, vinyl is my refuge.
Curiously, I find the high frequencies on many DVD-V movies to be quite natural and pleasing. Maybe they should dump SACD and DVD-A and explore what can be done with the standard DVD-V format.
I can't help but be discouraged with the state of digital recording. Most of the young folks I know think that MP3 is just fine and are building large libraries of music in that format. I tell them that MP3s sound bad on good equipment and they couldn't care less -- looking at me like I'm from Mars or something. They know very little about SACD or DVD-A (and these kids are among the more informed and technically savvy young adults I know). It is really scary to think that the easy distribution of MP3 files via the Internet could elevate that format to the future medium of choice.
One 20-year-old told me today that they are coming out with computer hard drives for the car with writable CD-ROM drives for saving music files (in MP3) from the digital tuner. He said such a unit costs about $1500 now, but that prices should drop as these units become more common. He was so excited.
My apologies for having strayed from the topic.
Curiously, I find the high frequencies on many DVD-V movies to be quite natural and pleasing. Maybe they should dump SACD and DVD-A and explore what can be done with the standard DVD-V format.
I can't help but be discouraged with the state of digital recording. Most of the young folks I know think that MP3 is just fine and are building large libraries of music in that format. I tell them that MP3s sound bad on good equipment and they couldn't care less -- looking at me like I'm from Mars or something. They know very little about SACD or DVD-A (and these kids are among the more informed and technically savvy young adults I know). It is really scary to think that the easy distribution of MP3 files via the Internet could elevate that format to the future medium of choice.
One 20-year-old told me today that they are coming out with computer hard drives for the car with writable CD-ROM drives for saving music files (in MP3) from the digital tuner. He said such a unit costs about $1500 now, but that prices should drop as these units become more common. He was so excited.
My apologies for having strayed from the topic.