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HDCD

Here's a (probably) dumb question. Does anyone make a player that plays SACD AND decodes HDCD? 
I guess HDCD failed in the marletplace. Too bad. The few I have actually sound better...even when played on an old Sony boy ray player...than many of my SACDs played on my good player. I do have an older NAD cd player that decodes HDCD in a second system but I don't can't move it into the main system every time i want to hear n HDCD. Having 1 player to do both would be ideal.

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georgehifi
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secretguy
I guess HDCD failed in the marketplace.


I don’t think it’s dead, as I believe Reference Recordings ( Keith O. Johnson) still use it, with 16bit and 24bit recordings.
https://referencerecordings.com/
https://referencerecordings.com/?s=HDCD
As do some hiend Japanese studios.

I think it sound magnificent, especially if you have a cd player or dac that had the last hdcd chip, the PMD200, the 100 was very good still but the 200 is something else.

If your interested in getting one used, type in PMD100 or PMD200 in the search bar of this vast data base of players and dacs that used them. http://vasiltech.narod.ru/CD-Player-DAC-Transport.htm


Cheers George
secretguy OP
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Good tip. Thanks!
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jriggy
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The Grateful Dead mastering and release team use it for everything they release on CD. I wish it was offered on more DACs. My new digital rig is the Pro-Ject CD Box RS2, Lampizator Atlantic or Bricasti M3, so all sounds great…but darn it, I wish I could take advantage of HDCD for the ton of Dead I listen too. 
secretguy OP
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By the way I was listening to a RR recording yesterday. Great stuff.
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