maxg Posted March 2, 2006 Author Share Posted March 2, 2006 Smilin, I am sure you are right about the high end - but that is a part of the original disappointment - I wanted it to work some magic at the low end - no funds - the analogue ate them all!! Even accepting that - and deciding that there is no alternative but to spend proper money on a digital front end it still has to be accepted that the majority of titles one would be listening to would still be on CD. SACD selection being what it is I do not see that changing in the near future. So the question then becomes - how does a moderate SACD player compare when playing CD's to a similarly priced CD only player. Tricky question to answer without some kind of budget - say I am planning to spend $3000 on a digital front end (which I am not at the moment - but we can all dream). Best place to put my money? Better to include SACD or not? Better to include DVD-A or not? 2 machines? Too many questions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSValves Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Max, Actually most high end SACD player do very good with redbook. I personally feel that any redbook player that makes poorly recorded redbooks sound good is a major compromise. If its taming nasty recordings then what the heck is it doing for the good recordings. I love LP's but I will never understand the LP user that expects there $500 CD player to compete with there 5K vinyl rig...... Makes very little snese to me. Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 563 was also very basic. what was good about it is that 563 was very modable. Alex Peychev's mods got very good reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Max, i've heard scd-777es at my home and it dfinitely was much better on CD that dvp-n9000es still it was not good enough for me. for the price you talking about i', personaly don;t know any descent sacd player that would play CD good. perhaps new marant's worth audition. but you can go an alternate path - get yourself a "midlerange" SACD and get it moded. http://www.vacuumstate.com/son-kits.htm http://www.modwright.com/products/ http://www.aplhifi.com/product.html http://www.sacdmods.com/ i know that first 3 are getting excellent reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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