I just XMass gifted myself Japanese SACD reissues of Von Karajan Mahler 6 and 9. I can’t wait
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@echolane to answer your question, yes I have ripped maybe 2000 cds and as you say they sound fine. Unfortunately I keep wanting to look back at the meta data so wind up pulling out the discs anyway to read the notes. Ergo, most of the time I might as well just spin the discs. So I have given up on that idea. @mark200mph Would you comment on your 10XD vs. your SACD-10? |
The marantz is a bargain compared to luxman d 10x.you can read the reviews on both. If you want good quality at reasonable price it's a used marantz.some had issues with the laser but I have not and there are discussions on where to find them. The reviews do a much better job than I can. They say the luxman is more mellow than esoteric. I have a luxman tube cd ?380 and like it but not sacd. I do like the spinners. The marantz has 2 filters as well. Enjoy the education and the hunt. |
@OP Getting back to your original question - one of the reasons that many high end transports are red book only is that the number of OEM transport mechanisms that have CD and SACD lasers is very small and its shrinking. Indeed the OEM transport market overall is shrinking. Esoteric has long stopped making the VRDS mechanism available OEM and I believe that Marantz have exited the OEM market as well. That's a big hit to SACD mechanism availability. The Philip's CD Pro 2, and its Pro 8 successor from Stream Unlimited were/are CD only. |
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