ps3 sacd

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does anyone reckon even with sacd on a ps3 that sacd playback could be better than a dedicated cd player of maybe.200 quid. is it worth me buying sacds for my ps3 or just use a better cd [player. i just cant imagine that a ps3 could be great at dvd blu-ray and cd and sacd with all the other functions and gaming all for 400quid. any views???

 

[Clare Newsome]

Well the PS3 certainly sucks with CD! It's not bad (for the money) with SACDs, actually, but still nothing to get excited about - especially considering how limited your discs choices are (not to mention pricey). If you've got an existing SACD collection it could be handy, but that's about it, IMHO.

A dedicated CD player will give you better stereo performance - even a budget belter like the NAD C515BEE (£165) would better the PS3 with CDs.

 

[Anonymous]

cheers clare, im using a philips cdr796. is that a decent payer in your opinion at budget level, though the naim in this months mag tempts me or maybe a cyrus

 

[JoelSim]

Are you a Trotter Vernon?

 

[Clare Newsome]

[quote user="fr0g"]To be fair I think Clares comment is harsh. The PS3 isn't that bad at all as a standalone CD player, and has been improved with a recent software upgrade, and 'bitmapping type 3' - which specifically aims to make CD/SACD playback even better...

Plus it sings very sweetly indeed with a cheap DAC upgrade. It's a very decent allrounder if you ask me.

I also wonder if What-Hifi's CD playback testing has been nothing more than a cursory test (in the safe knowledge that 'it will suck'?) - I hope not.[/quote]

Certainly not - we keep trying it regularly, but it's still exhibiting the poor timing issues that a lot of AV kit is sadly prone to. Interestingly, its replay of digital music files from the hard disk is more palatable.

 

[Anonymous]

wots a trotter???? and clare could you respond to my q? above

 

[JoelSim]

You're obviously not THE Vernon Kay then as he is a trotter, as I am.

 

[Anonymous]

[quote user="vernonkay1984"]clare could you respond to my q? above[/quote]
It's 8:45 on a Saturday evening.
Clare obviously has a quite remarkably tolerant husband, but there are limits! Please, give the girl a break! I'm sure she'll get back to you really soon, but like most of us I expect she does have a life outside of work. Could we allow her to enjoy some of it perhaps? And I'm really not trying to be arsey, but I think that we sometimes perhaps take a little for granted what is actually freely given outside of peoples work time.

 

[Anonymous]

To which may I add that the habit of addressing questions directly to the editorial team seems to go somewhat against the spirit of a forum. (That's a general comment, rather than one directed at the poster of this thread.) The staff clearly chip in when they have time / have an opinion / have direct experience of a product, but there are other people out there that can help out too with expert advice.
Not me, unfortunately.... 🙂

 

[Clare Newsome]

[quote user="vernonkay1984"]cheers clare, im using a philips cdr796. is that a decent payer in your opinion at budget level, though the naim in this months mag tempts me or maybe a cyrus[/quote]

I don't know your Philips CD recorder, i'm afraid, so can't judge it.

However, with the kit you've got, the Naim and Cyrus options would be over-egging it - something like the NAD I mentioned, or Marantz's CD6002 (£270), would be fine,

 

[Clare Newsome]

[quote user="jimwall"][quote user="vernonkay1984"]clare could you respond to my q? above[/quote]

It's 8:45 on a Saturday evening.

Clare obviously has a quite remarkably tolerant husband, but there are limits! Please, give the girl a break! I'm sure she'll get back to you really soon, but like most of us I expect she does have a life outside of work. Could we allow her to enjoy some of it perhaps? And I'm really not trying to be arsey, but I think that we sometimes perhaps take a little for granted what is actually freely given outside of peoples work time.[/quote]

You've been talking to my husband, then!? (He's just cueing up the next movie, so i'm sneaking on to see how you all are...)

 

[Clare Newsome]

[quote user="fr0g"]

The replay of pre-ripped is better than CD (but then I expect that to be the case anyway). But the cd is certainly better than 'sucks'.

And by all accounts (I haven't tried it), the SACD is on a par with similar priced players (standalone)[/quote]

You may not have tried the PS3 against its standalone music competition (CD and SACD) but we have!

Please don't get too hung up on this - we love the PS3. It's an Award winner. I have one at home. Its firmware upgrades mean it's getting better all the time. But like the vast majority of budget/mid-price AV kit, it's no great shakes with music.

 

[Anonymous]

so why are you wastin your time speakin on here. ... and cheers by the way clare. enjoy the final hours of your weekend

 

[Anonymous]

haha no not you frog. u know ure stuff. ive chatted with u about mp3. ha

 

[Anonymous]

i was on about the guys whinging about askin clare, i got a q with you on another post. i thought your earlier response was quite valid mate.

 

[Anonymous]

ha . i hope the beer aint makin you look for a fight. ive been kicked off my 50inch panny so my wife can watch wife swap. boo, cant she go out for a bit too? i got shooter blu ray to watch- ps3 of course. i replied to you on another thread.-mp3. was wondering if you knew about mobile phone music.

 

[drummerman]

[quote user="tractorboy"]To which may I add that the habit of addressing questions directly to the editorial team seems to go somewhat against the spirit of a forum. (That's a general comment, rather than one directed at the poster of this thread.) The staff clearly chip in when they have time / have an opinion / have direct experience of a product, but there are other people out there that can help out too with expert advice.
Not me, unfortunately.... 🙂

[/quote]

You're underselling yourself my cute little rabbit. When it comes to pounding and rythm ...

 

[Anonymous]

[quote user="vernonkay1984"]so why are you wastin your time speakin on here. ... [/quote]
Good question. Thing is, I stumbled upon this site quite by accident, thinking it was some kind of consumer electronics / bodily functions fetish site...

[quote user="vernonkay1984"]the crazy thing was i had a pee leant forward to flush, at the exact moment i pulled the flush the phone dropped on the rim and as if to tease me went plop before i could grab it.[/quote]

...and I've been hooked ever since.

 

[Anonymous]

[quote user="vernonkay1984"]i was on about the guys whinging about askin clare, i got a q with you on another post. i thought your earlier response was quite valid mate.[/quote]

Whinging? Nah, don't mind in the slightest. What's more I have a sneaking suspicion that if Clare or any of the other crew members found it irritating they're perfectly capable of saying so themselves, and with far more eloquence than I could ever muster.
I was just pointing out that at 8:45 on a Saturday evening you couldn't really expect an immediate response so hassling for an answer a mere 45 minutes after the prior post was a bit unnecessary. Probably wasn't your intention that it read like that however so fair enough. I was myself exceedingly tired and rather grumpy so my reading was probably not to be trusted.

 

[Anonymous]

if you look carefully, i posted the question then she replied but not to the question but something else, so iwasnt being impatient just redirecting attention to the post

 

[Anonymous]

Fair enough. As I said I was very tired grumpy at the time. Didn't mean to offend - I really did mean that I wasn't intending to be arsey, however arsey I was actually being 🙂