I had read something a while ago about Sony developing a technology they would implement into their portable players that would whet listeners' appetite for SACD--I just read this from the WSJ:
"Sony hopes to lure customers by promising better sound quality in digital devices. The company is touting a sound-processing technology called "digital audio enhancement" designed to restore some of the sound quality lost in creating the compressed digital files stored on portable devices."
Assuming customers like the improved sound, I guess Sony hopes they can turn around and say "If you like THAT...wait till you hear THIS!" It may have some promise, but I'm sure somebody else will come up with something that "equals" the sound of SACD. Like Creative, maybe?
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Topic - More from Sony's gameplan for SACD - andyshedd 20:57:37 03/10/06 (23)
- Resolution matters, especially with $3 earbuds :-P (n.t.) - Nefertiti 13:28:15 03/11/06 (1)
- ..the sound you are hearing is muffled laughter (nt) - andyshedd 13:34:09 03/12/06 (0)
- Maybe they bought Burwen's Bobcat.... - theaudiohiffle 04:50:29 03/11/06 (1)
- Burwen Bobcat seems great but... - andyshedd 13:38:28 03/12/06 (0)
- Such a feature is available already on Panasonic's portable players.... - Soundboy 21:14:16 03/10/06 (18)
- So why not - bhjazz 16:03:07 03/16/06 (0)
- Re: Such a feature is available already on Panasonic's portable players.... - andyshedd 21:24:36 03/10/06 (16)
- Sony should consider upsampling CD to DSD in their portable CD players (nt) - Soundboy 21:40:25 03/10/06 (15)
- I would rather see Sony make portable SACD players as such players could greatly benefit from smoother sound (nt) - Teresa 18:33:50 03/11/06 (3)
- How long would you expect the transport to last on a portable, when - ooooooooooo 19:33:52 03/12/06 (1)
- excellent question! We need better transports as well (nt) - Teresa 22:14:30 03/12/06 (0)
- For the longest time I was lusting after a PSACDP... - andyshedd 13:50:16 03/12/06 (0)
- Re: Sony should consider upsampling CD to DSD in their portable CD players (nt) - andyshedd 21:44:22 03/10/06 (10)
- Philips has a player like you described..... - Soundboy 23:30:31 03/10/06 (9)
- Re: Philips has a player like you described..... - andyshedd 12:39:26 03/11/06 (8)
- Philips DVP-9000S - - check it out - Soundboy 17:38:48 03/11/06 (7)
- Anybody notice the "9000" DVR that records 5.1? - theaudiohiffle 07:44:34 03/13/06 (0)
- What is this obsession with 9000, Sony has 2 SACD players and now Philips numbered 9000? (nt) - Teresa 18:30:12 03/11/06 (2)
- Re: What is this obsession with 9000, Sony has 2 SACD players and now Philips numbered 9000? (nt) - andyshedd 13:31:02 03/12/06 (1)
- WOW I think you are correct, thanks I would have never made the connection! (nt) - Teresa 18:08:35 03/12/06 (0)
- Re: Philips DVP-9000S - - check it out - andyshedd 18:08:29 03/11/06 (2)
- From what I can gather, Philips DVP-9000S retails for about US$500.00 (nt) - Soundboy 22:16:09 03/11/06 (1)
- This sounds extraordinary good - jaap 05:52:46 03/12/06 (0)