going retro...need advise

[Tarheel_]

...make me spend my precious time typing all this BS when you're not even interested! Fine - I thought we were gonna be Revel/Realistic buddies... nevermind... whatever...see if I care... :^)

I just got a DVD also - my first. I think the best part is not having to rewind tapes! The sad part is I suppose my beloved Sony VCR is going to get very little use from now on... I loved that machine! I bought it in 1994, at about $450... has the flying erase head for clean editing and a bunch of other cool features - I hate to pack it up... the only glitch was she needed servicing a year ago to unstick the eject mechanism.

The good news is the Rotel DVD sounds as good as my Rotel CD player - I can now use the Rotel CD in my bedroom (instead of the consumer-grade Sony CDP)... I'm curious if there are any differences between those two.

So... is the SACD much better? My only gripe is software is relatively limited... "they" have to figure out a universal format. I'm wondering if there are crappy SACDs like there are redbook CDs... or, are they ALL on another sonic plane? If ALL SACDs sounded at least as good as my best redbook, I would be tempted - providing software is plentiful.

Enjoy your new toy!

Jimmy Jimmy...we can still be Revel friends...hold hands and swap interconnects and all that stuff

On SACD quality being on a level plane? No sure yet, i only own 3 SACD and 2 DVD-A.
The SACDs all sound similar in quality, but they so different musically i cannot directly compare except to say they all 3 sound better than my best redbook CDs.
Choices are limited...give you an example...I was in Charlotte last week and went to mediaplay (mediaplay.com) and they have the sacd/dvd-a grouped together, but no offical sign...someone had written the signs by hand on a cardboard-like surface.
Probably...ahh...75 sacd and 50 dvd-a
(pros and cons to both)
sacd...SOME can be played through any cd player
dvd-a..have picture gallerys and some have more sound choices like 5.1 DTS and DD, 92/24 and 192/24...some even have the words on screen -BUT you have to manually scroll with the music?

And they are expensive...$16.99 for most of the them.

[jbangelfish]

I have one called THE AR and it was a very fine tt in it's day. A friend also has one about the same vintage (mid 80's) but a different model, nearly identical in appearance. The both use the same Hurst motor and both have gone bad. New motors can be bought for $100 or so retail or $40 direct from Hurst if you can buy wholesale. They might be tricky to change out as the belt pulley has been glued to the shaft of the motor and it is through the base. Not impossible but tricky. I plan to tackle it sometime.
Bill