My opinion is that if you don't already have a lot of SACDs, your money would be better spent on a dedicated redbook player or perhaps the Cambridge transport and a nice dac like the Denafrips Aries or something like that. I have a lot of SACDs and have never found an inherent superiority. Plus, lower-priced multi players do not, IMO, do as well with Redbook CDs as dedicated players.
SACD or not
I have a question regarding SACD format. I am looking to replace my CD player and noticed some CD players have the ability to process SACD and some do not. I have never heard this format and was wondering if I should consider this in my purchase. My purchase price is in the $1400 range
I know people will question why I am using CD at all. That is another discussion for another time. I still like some physical media in my listening experience.
I look forward to your comments
I know people will question why I am using CD at all. That is another discussion for another time. I still like some physical media in my listening experience.
I look forward to your comments
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schmitty1, Are you planning to buy SACD’s? If the answer is yes, then you should look into a Marantz SACD/CD player. There are few listings on Audiogon, check them out. I currently own a Marantz SA-11S2 and both SACD and CD playback is superlative. https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis9dc1j-marantz-sa-14s1-cd-sacd-players https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis9i8dh-marantz-sa-11s1-cd-sacd-players |
I don't listen to SACDs very often. Some of the ones I have sound worse (some of the Japanese SHM SACDs I have) while some sound great. I haven't done any back to back comparisons of a SACD and the same CD. I think it's a nice to have. I have a Marantz KI-Pearl and it sounds amazing with both standard CD and SACD, given a good sounding disc to start with. I would focus on getting the best sounding and most reliable player you can and if it has SACD capabilities, that's a plus. If it doesn't, that could be a plus also, you won't go spending a bunch of money on SACD releases, which generally cost more and may or may not sound "better" than a standard CD release of the same album (or a streaming version). |
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