My guess is up to about the 1500.00 range SACD will get any player from redbook, you do have to advance quite a bit to grab the magic from a redbook Cd a little more.. So in the long run you could say Redbook actually cost more money to get right than SACD I can just about agree with that. A cheap CD player will not compete with SACD even in a Modest SACD player, so if you guys are basing on that then we are definatly comparing apples to oranges then.
and The fact is I was within SACD Small Scale, I would never tell anyone with a Collection of 500 titles to turn around and believe in Redbook and go backwards, this was a developed thread to show that Redbook is not an un-acceptable option in comparison done correctly,,, fista cuff to fista cuff, each will win their own battles, but I could never suggest anyone get into vinyl, although the advantages to some extent are big, its very hard to get good equipment, fairly expensive and takes some expansive knowlege to juice the best out of it, and you will pay near 25 dollars period for good and rare audiphile type vinyl copies, and time, convienence is out the window. But I had some funding to launch a pretty sweet setup, and its a new format to me never haveing vinyl before.
9 times out of 10 if shown the real advantages, I think the guy with 8 sacds will find that a used 2000.00 redbook player will benifit more greatly. but what do I know, I am not an engineer I just listen, also I always had to be on the cutting edge with Formats and Technology so logically I went straight for SACD lived with it for about a year, and got lucky to find the stronger options for myself, it was costly. Best advice I can give is Don't take anybodys word for anything, You have to experiance it first hand to learn and educate yourself on anything in the world, then you have the power to accept or reject and option.
by the way DVD and HD have been far succesfull for me being newer formats, SACD just can't pull enough to hold my attention
and The fact is I was within SACD Small Scale, I would never tell anyone with a Collection of 500 titles to turn around and believe in Redbook and go backwards, this was a developed thread to show that Redbook is not an un-acceptable option in comparison done correctly,,, fista cuff to fista cuff, each will win their own battles, but I could never suggest anyone get into vinyl, although the advantages to some extent are big, its very hard to get good equipment, fairly expensive and takes some expansive knowlege to juice the best out of it, and you will pay near 25 dollars period for good and rare audiphile type vinyl copies, and time, convienence is out the window. But I had some funding to launch a pretty sweet setup, and its a new format to me never haveing vinyl before.
9 times out of 10 if shown the real advantages, I think the guy with 8 sacds will find that a used 2000.00 redbook player will benifit more greatly. but what do I know, I am not an engineer I just listen, also I always had to be on the cutting edge with Formats and Technology so logically I went straight for SACD lived with it for about a year, and got lucky to find the stronger options for myself, it was costly. Best advice I can give is Don't take anybodys word for anything, You have to experiance it first hand to learn and educate yourself on anything in the world, then you have the power to accept or reject and option.
by the way DVD and HD have been far succesfull for me being newer formats, SACD just can't pull enough to hold my attention