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sony scd777es and sacd

Without getting to involved with my current equipment, its all high end and well matched. My recent purchase of the scd 777es has left me a bit bewildered about the excitement of sacd. I have had the player 2 weeks and have found the sound stage thin and restricted. Although the sound is more clear without the digital haze, it has lost much of the impact my system previously had. Is it break in time or did i get caught up in the hype once again?
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rcprince
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Joe.kras, I e-mailed you directly about Audio Logic (that's Jerry Ozment's company), which is doing mods. I also found the old post from this summer, which indicated that Great Northern Sound might also be doing mods on the Sony units, essentially modifying or replacing the analog stage. Don't know their e-mail address, but it's probably easy to find.
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drubin
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How good is the Sony as a transport-only for 16/44 CDs?
rcprince
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It was actually pretty good, but I really didn't do a serious comparison with my current transport, a Forsell, which I run through a Purcell upsampler (I ran the Sony in straight, because I was only comparing 16/44 analog stages). I'm going to listen more critically when I get the Sony back, because the Forsell, while my favorite for years, is a tempermental piece of equipment at times. However, I think that part of the mod I'm getting diverts the Sony's internal power supplies to the digital side, so that might skew the results. Given the build quality and the attempts that Sony has made to isolate the machine from vibration, I would think that it would compare favorably with other high end transports. Anyone else out there compared it to other transports?
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