SONY SCD S333ES

Hi Tom Does Listener Magazine have a website?

Hi Kitty: check out www.audioasylum.com and go to the digital hi res forum on SACD. Very nice player. Ted

Kitty: I have 9000ES (which is similar to 333) and I compare it to 777ES. As I matter a fact I owned 777ES and changed it to 9000ES. The 777ES has greater resolution, detail, wider dynamic range, airy and have slightly better dynamic range. 9000ES has more timbral accuracy and better bass. Everybody has different taste, as I observed on this forum. Similary to the editor of Listener, I would describe 9000ES midrange as that of best tube amps. Also, I send my unit to Stan Warren of Supermode (541/ 344 - 3696) for the upgrade of power supply+analog stage. It will be very inexpensive and wonderful machine. Tom, I will take liberty to suggest to anyone who wait on the fence that eventual winner will be....MP3 (with hi-speen modems, it will be improved to the level, say 9 bit resolution or even more...), ask any tipical 14 years old "audiophile" - Simon

Kitty - Sorry about not responding sooner. I don't think Listener has website.

Simon - Excellent point! However, since there is absolutely no demand for SACD or DVD-A amoung 99% of humanity, I don't think either is going to go any farther than an audiophile item. I've heard one Mp3 disc and the sound quality was awful. These things are the reasons why I have a Perpetual Technology P3A and P1A and am playing all CDs with 24/96 upsampling and interpolation, and am buying as many "redbook" 24/96 discs as possible. Just picked up a great one, Jimmy Smith - "Root Down-Live!". I am scheduled to have room and speaker correction applied from Perp. Tech. and, if it makes as 1/2 as much difference as P.T. claims, I think I'll be all set. Me buying an SACD player is not going to stop any of my nieces and nephews from getting everything they listen to on an MP3 file. I don't think you or I will defeat that giant.