Is it CD or SACD?
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PR Audio
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You need a 5.1 or 7.1 system to really know. An SACD will play in stereo or surround, your pick, but the player has to be capable of reading SACD, yours is. Your player automatically reads the SACD as one, it does not select to read it as CD or SACD. You select if you want to hear it in stereo or surround.
Is there an icon or letter display in the lcd display?
I didn't see anything that was clear but I don't have the manual. This is a demo loaner til the one I ordered comes in.
So, if for some weird reason I wanted to listen to a hybrid disc in CD mode, I can't? It will auto default to SACD?
soundboy
Super Member
I set the default of my SACD to 2 channel SACD since it's used in a headphone system. If I was to hear the CD layer, all I need to do is press one button on either the remote or the front face plate to change layers.
I just bought one of these as well right here: http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=CADV89 SIL
Looked like a good deal to me for something that plays everything.
I suppose someone will show up and tell me I paid too much, but I like the idea of having an extra SACD Player because of all the SACDs I own.
Anybody else have one of these, and how do you like it?
Looks like it originally sold for $599 here: http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/assets/documents/AudioEnzNzAug06DVD89.pdf
Retro
Looked like a good deal to me for something that plays everything.
I suppose someone will show up and tell me I paid too much, but I like the idea of having an extra SACD Player because of all the SACDs I own.
Anybody else have one of these, and how do you like it?
Looks like it originally sold for $599 here: http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/assets/documents/AudioEnzNzAug06DVD89.pdf
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guiller
Toscaninichus Australis
The manual can be downloaded from the Cambridge Audio site. Hope the link works:
http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/set_territory.php?TID=27&Redirect=/support_products.php?PID=113&Title=
http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/set_territory.php?TID=27&Redirect=/support_products.php?PID=113&Title=
drknstrmyknight
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Is 2 channel SACD a seperate stream or is it derived from the surround sound layer?
Is 2 channel SACD a seperate stream or is it derived from the surround sound layer?
PR Audio
Super Member
Basically derived from the surround sound layer.
moinau
Je me Souviens
Superb DVD player. The CA DVD-89 is still in great demand, if somebody can find a used one, were I live.
I don't have one personally, but a good friend has one, and other components from the same maker.
Tube King
Active Member
Play track 4 "Time" if it sounds like the clocks, bells, alarms are IN the room with you you are playing the SACD layer. If it sounds like a recording of clocks, bells, and alarms you are playing the CD layer. There is a dramatic difference.
Yes. My Denon has a 2-ch output.
soundboy
Super Member
SACD begin as a 2 channel format. While multi-channel capability was added later, some of today's megabuck SACD players from the likes of Marantz, Denon, Sony, Accuphase, Esoteric, Pioneer/TAD, etc. are all 2 channel only. Currently the lowest priced 2 channel only SACD player is from Onkyo, which you can pick up for about $400.00. Almost all SACD, and I am talking about 99%, contain a dedicated 2 channel hi-rez mix.
Sony/Philips mandated a dedicated 2 channel hi-rez mix on SACD, with the CD layer and the multi-channel hi-rez mix being optional. If you have a hybrid SACD with a multi-channel mix, then you basically have 3 separate version of the same album on one disc (and some producers/artists want 3 separate royalties from that one disc).
On the CD layer of a hybrid SACD, the CD layer can also be HDCD-encoded. Or the CD layer is of the "Enhanced CD" variety, which can provide videos when played back on a computer.
Go to the FAQ Section of sa-cd.net for more details.
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Mr. Lin
Lunatic Member
Good to know. I guess since all the new SACDs are advertised as multi-channel, and reviewed in their multi-channel format, often with no mention of the word stereo, I assumed the format had gone all-multi-channel. I do know that the CD layers of most of the SACD hybrid discs I have sound quite nice.
butch4695
Super Member
Currently the lowest priced 2 channel only SACD player is from Onkyo, which you can pick up for about $400.00. Almost all SACD, and I am talking about 99%, contain a dedicated 2 channel hi-rez mix.
I just picked up the Onkyo C-S5VL and after about 30 hrs of play time I think this player is really worth the money . It sounds as good to me as others that I`ve heard costing alot more . It has indicator lights on the front panel to tell you if you are listening to SACD or CD .
I just picked up the Onkyo C-S5VL and after about 30 hrs of play time I think this player is really worth the money . It sounds as good to me as others that I`ve heard costing alot more . It has indicator lights on the front panel to tell you if you are listening to SACD or CD .
soundboy
Super Member
Slight off-topic....
How does the Onkyo C-S5VL sound with regular CD? It's currently at about the same price as the highly-rated Onkyo DX-7555 CD player.
