I will bet that in 10 years, digital will finally wipe
vinyl off the map at the high end and that even at low
and mid-fi, 44,100 CD's will have been phased out in favor
of a higher resolution digital format. I bet technology
such as Meitner's will be used in even low end players.
It will be something like Plasma Screens and DVD players --
the price will come down, high end technology will trickle
down and there's no way vinyl is going to be able to
compete, either in the quality of play-back or in value
for the dollar.
I am just beginning to listen to SACD's and I am still
waiting on my Dac6. I started listening to SACD on a
Yamaha s2300 Universal Player, which was okay. For a
little while, I had a Sony SCD XA777ES [1,600 used on
A'gon]in my rack prior to giving it to my brother for
his birthday, which was a HUGE upgrade over the Yamaha.
With that caveat -- here is a list of Jazz SACD's I have
enjoyed:
(In no particular order)
1) Sonny Rollins Plus Four
2) Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Russel Malone
3) Chet. Chet Baker.
4) Bill Evans Trio -- Sunday at The Village Vanguard
5) Mingus -- Ah Um
6) Ray Brown -- Soular Energy
7) Art Pepper -- Meet The Rhythm Section
8) John Coltrane -- Soul Trane
I will have better information after I get the Dac6 in my
rack and get to listen to more SACD's.
