dr*audio
Fish fingers and custard!
I am just curious; has anyone here taken a SACD version of a CD and compared it with the CD version on the same SACD player? What is the difference you hear in the sound, if any?
I have 3 Onkyo Integra CD players and I find it difficult to believe anything can sound better. If I'm sitting there listening to Amanda McBroom and it sounds like she's right there in the room with me, or listening to an orchestra or a quartet and I feel like I'm right there in the hall with them and I can hear pages turning and chairs creaking and point out where individual musicians are, and feel like there is depth to the soundstage and width beyond the speakers; basically it is totally involving and musical; then what could possibly be an improvement?
I feel that most people are satisfied with CD quality (well, most people wouldn't know the difference between Yorx and Audio Research) and for that reason the recording industry is not going to get behind SACD and put out releases in that format anyway. This basically means the format is doomed.
So I would like to know what the advantages are of this new format and why we should fight to keep it alive?
I have 3 Onkyo Integra CD players and I find it difficult to believe anything can sound better. If I'm sitting there listening to Amanda McBroom and it sounds like she's right there in the room with me, or listening to an orchestra or a quartet and I feel like I'm right there in the hall with them and I can hear pages turning and chairs creaking and point out where individual musicians are, and feel like there is depth to the soundstage and width beyond the speakers; basically it is totally involving and musical; then what could possibly be an improvement?
I feel that most people are satisfied with CD quality (well, most people wouldn't know the difference between Yorx and Audio Research) and for that reason the recording industry is not going to get behind SACD and put out releases in that format anyway. This basically means the format is doomed.
So I would like to know what the advantages are of this new format and why we should fight to keep it alive?