Sorry about your loss. I would be devastated. Sacds sound great, but what did you have that you lost? Vinyl? CDs? I believe that, in all formats, some sound good and some don't. I have some great sounding CDs. If you are replacing CDs, I would research how they were recorded and transferred to SACD. Some sound no different than CDs. Some blow you out of the water! Check some reviews of the sacds, and cherry pick the good sounding ones. All the others you could probably get really cheap and save alot of money. And...a good DAC goes a long way...
SACD
SACD sounds better right???
all of my stuf flooded 4’ 4 days.
i have no money but I am replacing a headphone setup and I feel I must have in CD player SACD because it sounds much better, am I right?????? Help!!
all of my stuf flooded 4’ 4 days.
i have no money but I am replacing a headphone setup and I feel I must have in CD player SACD because it sounds much better, am I right?????? Help!!
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If you are asking whether your CD player should decode SACDs, then it probably should -- but most better CD players will. If you are asking whether it makes sense to concentrate on SACD playback or SACDs, then don't bother. It is largely a dead format. DSD decoding is worthwhile in a DAC but don't think your question is oriented toward that. |
No you are not right. Recording and mastering quality varies according to the provenance of the Master tapes used. Earlier generations are usually better, but a lot depends on aging and wear and tear, alignment issues etc Then it's down to how they were mastered and by whom and what equipment they used. A lot of recordings since 1990 have suffered from too much radio friendly compression and are revealed as victims of the loudness wars when played on a full bandwidth system. They often sound lifeless and have squashed dynamics. Hence the use of sites like Dynamic Range Database. http://dr.loudness-war.info Last but not least the format of choice (vinyl, CD, SACD, Download). Luckily you shouldn't have to worry too much about a recording unless it's a particularly bad recording. Steve Hoffman Forums is a good place to start but beware that even there consensus is often hard to find. This is strange seeing how we audiophiles normally agree on most issues. Sorry. http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/forums/music-corner.2/ The real problems begin if you want to hear Elvis or the Beatles as they sounded originally! The great news is that there's never been a better time price wise to buy CDs. |
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