glad you finally got the opportunity to hear real digital. i am slowly building my sacd inventory and even have a dts and dvda or two. they will play on the new player and they dont sound horrible.

havent you compared the rbcd section with your old rbcd? Admittedly i didn't have an aggressive rbc d player before but it was respectable (philips cdr/alchemy ditb). i find the sony to be head and shoulders above any ive had in the house.

there is much more software becoming available all the time for sacd and buy the current rolling stone for mag, theres a sacd sampler and big article in it about hi rez. PLUS, you take the disc to a cc store and if theres a 10th track, you win 3 sacds or a sony dream system (worth about $500). i guess theyre getting serious about the format now.

as would be expected, the cc personnel didnt know a damn thing about the promo when i went in. i won the 3 sacds but intend to buy another copy or two of the mag to up my chances for a nice bedroom system.

check out the hi rez asylum at AA, its pretty active and informative.