Thoughts on the future of HiFi

[E-Stat]

I did auditions years back when SACD was fairly new. It didn't impress me in itself on any recording nor did it a couple years ago. While vinyl on the same system of the same recordings did.

On what systems did you actually compare the same recording on vinyl vs. SACD?

My only issues was that some of the music was foreign to me because SACD had at those times limited selections.

That would be a definite problem.

The SACD in these cases were Sony's best players. So I don't know how you would rank Sony at SACD.

Not very highly.

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[RGA]

On what systems did you actually compare the same recording on vinyl vs. SACD?

The SACD comparison was Martin Logan 2chanel and surround sound with Bryston and EAD and a Linn LP 12. CD player was Cal Labs

I suppose the problem though is that I first have to "like" the sound of SACD in order to bother with spending huge amounts of time with it. I am currently reviewing a $3500 cd player - If you know of a dedicated SACD machine that you feel would better it perhaps I can bring some in to compare. I already have a few top recorded SACD/CD discs in my collection from IsoMike. My turntable rig is in the $5k price range so I could easily get albums of all three. I have numerous albums already on vinyl and CD so buying the SACD version would not be a big deal. It might be kind of fun to do this this summer.

If possible recommend a few SACD players in the $2k-7k range just in case I can't get some from certain makes. I will keep an open mind.

[E-Stat]

I suppose the problem though is that I first have to "like" the sound of SACD in order to bother with spending huge amounts of time with it.

I think you'll find that high resolution digital can be quite good. You really need to hear an EMM Labs player to fully understand that which it is capable. A used CD-SA can be found in the $7k range.

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