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The Clear Superiority of SACD in the Digital Class

I just don't get how so many people in this hobby insist that 'redbook' is as good as SACD. It must be something akin to mass hypnosis, where a few influential people are successful in leading others to believe something which is clearly not true. Although I wouldn't regard myself as a 'golden ear', it is very plain that SACD is not just better than redbook CD, it simply wipes the floor with it. I mean the delta is not small. I remember the first time I put on an SACD in my system at home. I was floored at the incredible sound coming from my speakers. It was just night and day. Even my wife, a person who is completely uninterested in my audio hobby knows SACD sounds WAY better. I've heard expensive CD players too. The other day I listened to a 17k rig for redbook, and I've also heard the amazing DCS rig (the best I've heard for normal CD playback). But I get home and put a well-recorded SACD on my moderately priced but exceptionally good Denon 3910 and it is so much better than even the most expensive redbook rig. SACD is so much less compressed, especially in the midrange. The highs are much much more realistic and the bass is better resolved. The soundstage is much larger/deeper and imaging is far superior. The best SACD recordings even give vinyl a run for the money whereas CD just doesn't compare at all. CD just does not posess the resolution and inner detail of SACD.

I wanted to ask fellow inmates - Do you think that manufacturers are trying to persuade us that CD is on par with SACD and if so why? I've pretty much decided that any digital player I buy at this point forward has to support the clearly superior SACD format.

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Topic - The Clear Superiority of SACD in the Digital Class - O'Shag 23:30:06 08/13/06 (74)
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