Wadia 861se with GNS vs Esoteric or Emm players

Tadman, thanks for the reply. Your list was interesting, and does provide perspective. Cheers to Copenhagen - one of my favourite cities.

I have heard others claim that SACD is flawed, and I don't just mean technically. The fellow who modified my Sony XA777ES over four years ago (Ric Schutlz - EVS) did not much like the rising ultrasonic noise pattern from a purist point of view, but can you hear it?

I'd like it if the superiority of SACD over Redbook was a fact - so much more 16/44.1 material available and a lot cheaper.

I've just never had that demonstrated to me.

Regards,

A friend of mine had a small concert room with a Steynway. It didn't matter where I was in the room. A voice of a woman or an instrument was always focused and small.This had become a very important part for me to judge. When you listen to SACD you will hear that it is out of proportion. I had exactely the same results when I bought recordings on both sacd and dvd-a. The dvd-a where a lot better in individual focus, the sound was more natural and there was more depth information and resolution. The media never wrote articles about the difference of the same recordings on dvd-a and sacd. Why? Because the get money for there advertisements. That is the only reason why. When you have enough knowledge you'll understand how big an instrument should sound normally on a recording and also the natural sound of an instrument should be. So just enjoy music and hopen there will be a system what really comes close to a master.

Hi Metralla. Next time you're in Copenhagen, I'll pick you up and we can do some listening at my home center of Copenhagen. Have a beer or two as well. Best regards, tadman