SACD Source recording


Some recently acquired SACD are sounding better...maybe they are learning how to make them.

I can recommend DG 474 639-2 Bach Violin Concertos, Hilary Hahn. As I listened to it, and appreciated the excellent sonics, I perused the liner notes, and there in black and white is something that I had heard mentioned before. The source recording for this DSD disc is identified as 24-bit PCM. Of course this is just like a DVD-A, except that with the DVD-A one extra conversion to DSD is avoided. I bet that most SACD have been mastered on 24-bit PCM equipment, but not every disc manufacturer is up front about it.

I have no complaints about the sound, but I think that Sony and the SACD crowd should tone down the hype about DSD, and recognize DVD-A as equal.
eldartford
When I hear DVDa come close to the sound of SACD I will acknowledge it is a promising format- in the mean time, it remains useless to me. Oh it may also help when/if there are more then 500 titles available. At my current rate of music purchasing, I will have over 500 SACD's by the end of next year!
I have gone through the entire catlog of SACD's available at this time but over 95% are reissues which means remastering but not recorded through DSD.

I am now wondering how many times I must buy the Tapestry album or the Beatles albums. Some of the albums I have in two or three formats. If it was just one format I would have more music at my disposal.

Alas, we do not make that decision! The way new formats are added, I wonder how many my kids would have to deal with.
I'm with Tireguy. I own 2 very good players(1 DVD-Audio and 1 SACD), and I much prefer SACD. I just don't get into the whole multi-channel music thing. I'm not saying that I won't, but it is just not for me at this time. I do like DVD-Audio in stereo and do agree that it beats Redbook easily, but it is not musical the way SACD is to me. So don't tell me I have to agree with you, because I don't. Gary.