I know what it stands for, but out of about 1000 cds I can't see it mentioned. Are they mainly remastered cds, or is that too simplistic?
BigH said:You will need a SACD to play them or a blu-ray dvd player. When I looked into SACDs there was not much available, very expensive so did not bother. As others have said far more available as downloads, even itunes are releashing some high quality downloads. Not all sacds are better than the normal cds. For similar quality you can look at HDtracks which are specially remastered albums, not huge choice, which are about $18 for download.
plastic penguin said:BigH said:You will need a SACD to play them or a blu-ray dvd player. When I looked into SACDs there was not much available, very expensive so did not bother. As others have said far more available as downloads, even itunes are releashing some high quality downloads. Not all sacds are better than the normal cds. For similar quality you can look at HDtracks which are specially remastered albums, not huge choice, which are about $18 for download.
You've answered my question. Thanks.
plastic penguin said:...out of about 1000 cds I can't see it mentioned.
nopiano said:plastic penguin said:BigH said:You will need a SACD to play them or a blu-ray dvd player. When I looked into SACDs there was not much available, very expensive so did not bother. As others have said far more available as downloads, even itunes are releashing some high quality downloads. Not all sacds are better than the normal cds. For similar quality you can look at HDtracks which are specially remastered albums, not huge choice, which are about $18 for download.
You've answered my question. Thanks.
Not meaning to be pedantic, but you can *play* them on a CD player, but you do need a SACD player to hear the SACD layer at the higher potential quality.
manicm said:But that's the thing, audiophiles who are willing to spend will now go the streaming route - I know that's my medium to long term goal as well - so new disc formats will be shunned by stalwarts and teenagers alike. No doubt, Blu-ray audio will sound stunning. Ever notice that for some of us whose equipment for music is not quite there yet, still marvel at movie playback? I know I have, and can imagine my awe at music only discs. But I'm getting fat and lazy and don't want to change discs anymore for music.
crusaderlord said:text comes up for the album and tracks which is nothing really significant but i do like this fact
crusaderlord said:yes i can hear a difference in most cases and i like to know if have a great version.
text comes up for the album and tracks which is nothing really significant but i do like this fact
plastic penguin said:I've checked again and nowhere can I see anything referring to SACD.
plastic penguin said:Had an inkling someone would say that.
Have to say the box-set sounds pants - 'orrible and "over mastered" if that's possible.
crusaderlord said:yes CD text is available if your CD player will show it - the CD73 you have is great as it is a rare machine that actually shows it both for CD and SACD - i used to have one and really liked this.