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In Reply to: Thanks for your gracious reply posted by Christine Tham on May 10, 2006 at 17:32:11:
Cheers Christine...Right...
I do have a tendency to be a bit vociferous in my overzealous support of artistic considerations in the high end.
Honestly, - I do believe that there is more of an "objective-like" analysis available, - at least to the point where most of us would agree that SACD has more info available. We may not agree that we prefer a certain flavor, = Krell's vs. Musical Fidelity for example, - their unique interpretations of what they each think is "good" SACD.
And, also, after reading many of my posts in this thread: (apologies for being too ubiquitous), one could get the impression that I'm saying that SACD implementations are equal on average to redbook, or even not as good. This is not my belief, = as I believe on average that most SACD recordings are generally BETTER than their redbook counterparts. With a few notable exceptions, SACD in stereo, just isn't worth spending the extra money for most of us....
If it comes along for the ride, beautiful.
Personally, - I'm thinking of downsizing. And if I do, I'm getting a redbook only CDP, a nice $2K set of standmounts that have great synergy with the CDP and a great tube amp, where the three together minimize each others shortcomings and emphasize each others positive attributes.
SACD certainly will not be in the mix, as my downstairs neighbor gave me a Toshiba DVD player and that'll cover my world. I'll sacrifice a close to a SOTA system, but I'll be in Italy a couple of times a year more, and that'll go a long way towards forgetting about the detail, resolution, organic beauty, and amazing soundstaging: a little step back, with cash in the pocket..
I hear you, and do not dispute, or discount the weight of what you say when relating both the differences in PCM vs DSD as possibly being unique to the APL and also, = the person's system whom you visited actually sounding better with PCM. I've had similar experiences as the most important IS the whole system, and different components react differently in different situations: it's all about complete system synergy.
I've heard too many great, individual components, sound what I view as crappy, when matched with what I view as the wrong mate.
Cheers Christine..
"The men who own the city make more sense than we do: their actions are clear, their lives are their own"
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Follow Ups
- Of course... - Sordidman 20:06:31 05/10/06 (2)
- Re: Of course... - Christine Tham 23:12:04 05/10/06 (1)
- Grail? We've already got one!! - Sordidman 11:15:48 05/11/06 (0)
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