zuzu Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 I have an excellent Audio Research CD 1 player about 25 years old. It sounds great. I have ,as far as I know, zero SACD's in my collection.If I got a high quality SACD player and played regular CD's on it, how would it compare in sound quality to my ARC CD player playing the same CD's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Just like another CD player would. The SACD ability will have no impact on CD playback. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 if you like your transport, try a dac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 IME its the DACs that have the impact on soundnot the transport. That said a SACD player will open your horizons to SACDs which do sound better on average than CDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 IME its the DACs that have the impact on soundnot the transport. That said a SACD player will open your horizons to SACDs which do sound better on average than CDs. Precisely why I transfer all my digital to HDD using a 15.00 transport and put my money into a first class DAC in the computer. DAC's at the level of Card Deluxe or my ESI come in CD players in the kilobuck range where you are paying for a lot of mechanics and such that have absolutely 0 impact on the sound...though they can really LOOK pretty. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 SACD's another pit to throw your money away in.............................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFP Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 SACD's another pit to throw your money away in.............................. OB Youre my kinda guy! Just a bit on the curmudgeon-esque side, huh?<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> I love it!!! Rob (who is both an old geezer and curmudgeon!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 SACD's another pit to throw your money away in.............................. OB Youre my kinda guy! Just a bit on the curmudgeon-esque side, huh?<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> I love it!!! Rob (who is both an old geezer and curmudgeon!) What would you expect from another ROB ?????????? We're the Old Men the Who use to sing about !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzannucci Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 SACD's can sound better but it is another money pit. Since no one won the DVD Audio vs. SACD war, I just went straight to music videos though I have a universal player. You have to be careful because audio can be compromised but many DVDs are excellent in both sound and video quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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