SACD?????

I bought the 9000ES, but primarily because I wanted a better picture quality for DVD movies. It definitely delivered. The sound quality (digital out on 5.1 and DTS soundtracks) is also superb. As to SACD, I agree with many of the above posts. It is pretty stagnant at this point in time, when it should be releasing thousands of titles by the month at this point. I've bought only 3 SACDs, and I think that's all I will buy for the time being. The SACD sound quality from 9000ES does not equal my vinyl.

Bottom line: don't by the 9000ES for SACD. If you need a great quality DVD for movies--it's worth it and you get SACD as bonus. I also agree that regular CD's are pretty poor off the Sony.

Thanks for all the responses. I appreciate the input.

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I have a Marantz SA-1 player. It palys great regular cds and incredible super audio cds. Marantz stopped making it because I heard the costs were too great. Buy one and it will give you years of enjoyment.

I have both SACD (a Sony SCD-1) and DVD-A (Pioneer 38A) and both have their strenghts and weaknesses. Well recorded SACD's are very good -- in same league as the best vinyl, poor recordings or remasters are no better than Redbook and certainly inferior to any vinyl. DVD-A is quite an experience, and althought the "high endness" may not be up to SACD, I do enjoy multichannel "fun" on occassion. Same problem as with SACD though -- many of the recordings are abysmal. And with only 50 titles, the pickings are certainly slim. SACD has about 350 titles, but how much Miles Davis can anyone really take? So now I find myself peppering my "audophile" recordings with off-the-shelf Redbook.

I also agree with poster who likes XRCD -- these are quite good, and certainly more consistient in quality than the SACDs and DVD-A's. Between my SACDs, DVD-A, XRCDs and even DTS 5.1 multichannel, I'm never bored. And I can't even pick a favorite -- it's the diversity that I actually enjoy. I'll reserve further judgement on any of this until I get a the EMC-1 with 192 upsampling and the Sony 555 multichannel SACD.

Oh sh$%@t, no more room to put all this stuff -- I need to buy another rack. "Honey, the left rack balances the right rack, don't you think". Somehow, I'll have to come up with a better line. --Lorne