Buy a CD now or wait new technology

Psjulian, the reason your dealer told you to wait is he has no high end accuphase to sell you.The fact is dsd blows away any cd playback period, if your comparing same price range and brands, and hades will probably freeze over before levinson or any other ultra hi end company build a dvd-a player and if you were really interested in the slightest at knowing whats going on,you would already no this and not be asking a dealer.This is not a token add on like hdcd and dvd-a is flawed,and said to be so by the man who's responsible for it ,spent twenty years developing it,and has switched to dsd and says PCM is inherently flawed period.Add the watermarking in and its flawed even more so.So DVD-A, if it survives will be a multi channel cd sound forever for the average joe. Audiophools,on the other hand are and will be buying sacd,which by the way can,t even be played in multi channel as of yet,strictly two channel.So you see there is no waiting on the smoke to clear and if you cared to know this from owners of sacd and dvd-a or the audio press, you would already no the facts.This is the first new technology breakthrough in twenty years thats meaningful, and is a huge improvement over redbook and to compare it to a video game is utterly ridiculous. I run my player, which happens to have a dvd player built in through plinius and thiel gear,and the small percentage of owners who would mod there sacd players are doing it mainly for the cd side of things,not sacd.Yes its about the music, but the music just sounds more liquid and analog in sacd, no matter what player you use, compare it to a similar priced cd only player and you will hear more of what its all about,the music.Until then, you and your dealer are underinformed and you can always listen to sacd in two channel on any future disc,as i will at least until iv'e heard a realistic recording of rear placements of sound,which has not been done yet in my opionion.One thing you could do is listen to some sacd soon before trying to sway others to stick with cd and having very little if anything to back up your opinion.

ears, I have plenty to back my statement. AS I stated my dealer is my friend. He sells Accuphase as well as Levinson. The fact is the software. Most is re - mastered analog. It will take years for the recording industry to even get close to producing high quality two channel let alone multi - channel SACD or DVD - A. They are still fighting the format wars. I am a retired musician. I live in Michigan and my dealer friend is in N.Y. While touring I always looked up the High - End audio salons in the cities I was playing. This is a great way of meeting people with the same passion for music and a wonderful way of making life long friends. Most studios are just getting their act together on AC power regulating and paying attention to cable quality.SACD or whatever, is said to be as close to the master as possible. Be carefull about what you wish for. To truly appreciate the sound a good studio will spend several hundreds of thousands of dollars on accoustics. Will you? Redbook CD is mastered for the home audio and automobile enviroment. With carefull planing you can put together an outstanding home playback system with what is available today. My opinion is based on my dealing with the suits in the industry.SACD can play multi - track. That was displayed at CES 2000. The suits want this war to continue. Yes, this is exactly like the games. More in the corporate pockets with more gear to buy. I am going to be 48 years old in May. My beautiful wife and I just moved into a custom built home in Jan. She is behind me 100% on my audio hobby. The living room was dedicated the sound room in the planing stages. It containes my simple system of Levinson,B&W,etc., etc. My speakers were placed using the Cardas formula and tweaked accordingly. I received some professional advice on room treatments from my friends still in the business and good ol' redbook sings like my days of playing. This is what I base my advice on. So please do not attack someone you know nothing about. This hobby, music, has awarded me with wonderful friends. I was just passing on some thoughts to keep the fraternity going. I was not being negative about SACD, just cautious. Thanks to my beautiful wife and her investmant philosophy we are financially set. Are you? Why are all SACD owners so defensive. Long live music. Peace and good listening to all.Even you EARS.

upgrade your *preamp* if ya wanna improve the sound of digital software. i did so, & suddenly, my cheapie $500-retail nad 515 cd-changer is sonically comparable w/the highly-acclaimed $3k retail resolution-audio players. no meaningful differences, when run thru a melos music-director preamp. i was all-set to upgrade my cd-player after upgrading my preamp, but now, it's not worth it.

so, get a killer preamp & upgrade *all* yer system's sources, making redbook cd's paletable, while waiting-out the *suits*, as psjulian mentions. then, when ya *do* upgrade yer digital hardware, yule be able to plug it in to a top-notch preamp.

one person's opinion, doug s.

Do yourself a favor and go buy a Marantz SA-1 SACD player.
I've had mine for the past week and finally in heaven with digital.

Psjulian,Sorry you take the post as an attack ,but i won,t apoligise for it as you still provide no backup, just a bunch of i heard this and that for your reason on why the original poster should not buy into sacd.I will have to set a few things strait for you 1 There are no multi channel sacd players available,only software for consumers to buy.2 Your opinion on sacd vs cd as a musician might be a good one,if you actually had sacd to compare and did not go with what some dealer said.3 sacd is two years old,and can hardly be considered new technology.4 There are pure dsd recordings and even the 200 year old dead guys sound better on sacd than any redbook, and you will not find a soul to disagree,who has actually compared the two.5 As a buiseness owner i can tell you that the suits don,t know squat about half the stuff they sell.6 I can walk into at least half of the hi end dealers in the world,and tell them more about sacd than they care to know and it will all be based on facts,not well because my freind told me or some suit told me.As far as your little pissing contest about a new house,i am on my third custom home,also in michigan and at a much younger age than you,and i could buy the accuphase sacd tommorow for cash, but this is an audio board,not a pissing contest.Sacd, does not require any special room or studio to get a lot closer to the master than redbook,just put it in place of your current setup and add your tatse in music and presto ,instant better sonics to enjoy the music with,This advice is free and fact,and this includes even you Psjulian.