What interconnects with SACD 1000 ?

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Folks,

If you are happy with your SACD 1000, then fine. However, don't knock Infinity for sharing his opinion. Please do not consider his opinion as a personal attack AND do NOT attack him because his opinion is different from yours.

What he states is the general consensus among many people with very transparent systems. This machine is a great value at $400; it was a good value at $1000. At its original MSRP of $2000, it was sadly mediocre but full of features: DVD, CD and SACD.

Infinity,
Stop wasting your time with people whose systems are not as transparent as yours. I'd suggest you take yourself over to Audio Asylum for a more balanced approach to audio.

Jeffrt: If you haven't already done so, please try reading ALL of IA's posts regarding the SACD 1000. For a good start, you might want to start here. I have no problems with dissenting opinions so long as they are actually legit and have some form of foundation ( first hand experience, technical details, etc..).

As far as AA goes, I was one of the original founding members of the forum and have contributed quite a bit of info to both the AA forums ( primarily in the past ) and the actual funding of operations. I went so far as to sponsor and run two different fund-raisers to help support that website. If you doubt this, take a look at the list of contributors and see how many times my name comes up. For the record, i was actually the very first person to contribute and support that site. If you don't believe me, ask Rod.

As such, I could post the same material on either website. Personally, i find the constant quarrels and high level of negativity on AA to be bothersome. This is not to say that i haven't started my fair share of "ruckus" with specific individuals ( primarily Stereophile employees ), but this was done not on a personal but professional level.

I also don't need to see a dozen+ posts a day in the digital or Hi-Rez forums that are nothing more than SACD is better than DVD-A or vice-versa or Rich doing nothing more than putting everyone / everything down. I've been down that road and talked to Rod, Stephaen, etc... and they've more than got their hands full.

As such, i prefer to post / contribute to these forums. It is a little more laid back ( this is a good thing ) and doesn't have quite the knowledge base via professional input but is also typically more consistent in the views presented. Since Infinity Audio was anything BUT consistent in his point of view, THAT is why he was called to task. He or anyone else can present their point of view and say that a component is a piece of junk or has specific flaws. I've done it more than a few times and probably will again. One does not have to agree with everything presented here to post or share a point of view. The fact that Infinity started his own thread about the inadequacies of the unit, then started another thread on his own shortly thereafter stating that he was happy with the unit and then produced more negative posts shortly after that about the unit is what bothers me. That and the fact that he has changed his story about what he's using as support components several times. As such, it's hard to get a grip on where he's coming from, let alone believe what he's posting.

As far as the SACD 1000 goes, i've never stated that it was a "world class" unit. I've said that i thought it was solid performer and had a lot of potential. Is that anything different than what has been said at AA ??? Sean
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So a person is not allowed to change their opinion on gear? I should be shot, too, then. During the course of an evaluation my opinion can sway greatly from the first moment I hear it play until a few weeks later once it (or my ears) have settled down, as the newness wears off and the traits are more easily identifiable. I run through a lot of gear and may find something very shortly after that initial impression which eats it alive and that will shift my perspective, too....but only if I am 'allowed' to change my opinion, I suppose. I also stick to my guns with appraisals, for afterall it is strictly related to my system and my ears.

I think Jeffrt and myself just see this as a witch hunt from owners of the piece that have taken childish personal offense. Happens all the time, drives a lot of folks off of the BBs. Further, while we're venting, the attacks against a persons spelling and grammar just make the attackers look like @sses to me. Not everyone here is a American flag waving, WASP, high-brow yuppie prick with years of prep schools rhetoric training under their belt, or simply even have english as their native language for that matter! Get over yourselves.

Interesting how these threads can get off the original purpose.

Sean tries to share some positive information aimed at increasing the performance of a piece of equipment with a lot of potential and the dark side of the force takes over.

When put down my $350. for a SACD 1000, I didn’t expect
anything other a solidly built machine. With a few hundred hours on it, I’m more than pleased with the sound. It sounds good with the interconnects I’ve tried on it, and it’s never sounded anything like IA describes.

IA’s system shows he has a Sony SCD-1, yet he compares the SACD1000 to a MSB Link DAC II, and says,“the MSB totally blew the new SACD1000 away!”

In other threads IA continues to pan the SACD 1000’s performance and questions it’s value.

Hey,if you’ve got a Sony SCD-1, then sell the bugger and focus on improving some other part of your system.

The rest of us are looking for constructive input on ways to improve the SACD 1000 and I appreciate people like Sean taking the time to share his mana’o with us.

Aloha.