Stereo-only SACD Players. What's The Point?

[KenM10759]

What's really cool to me is that this is a free country and just as people like @m. zillch can criticize/make light of other people's choices, I can spend my money the way I like and get what I want that makes me smile.

I'm sure there are plenty more people happily connecting their $10 Bluetooth earbuds to their Samsung Galaxy and streaming Spotify low res music...while scoffing at people like him.

I don't care.

 

[m. zillch]

Theoretically posting that two particular things likely sound alike is not an attack of people who post that they don't sound alike. In order to discuss audio it is necessary to discuss what things sound different and what things don't, including what existing published listening studies (conducted under valid conditions) have found with similar units.

 

[TLS Guy]

What's really cool to me is that this is a free country and just as people like @m. zillch can criticize/make light of other people's choices, I can spend my money the way I like and get what I want that makes me smile.

I'm sure there are plenty more people happily connecting their $10 Bluetooth earbuds to their Samsung Galaxy and streaming Spotify low res music...while scoffing at people like him.

I don't care.

Let me ask you a question. Do you believe that two channel DSD sounds better then two channel PCM? I think this is what all this comes down to.

 

[KenM10759]

Posting that two particular things sound alike is not an attack of people who post that they don't sound alike.

While your statement there does ring true, the premise that they sound the same doesn't always gel.

And of course now that I've written that you'll go on about double blind tests and more.

I've got a decent Sony CD player here used as a CD transport only and when I play a regular CD with it's digital signal going into my standalone DAC, and then play that exact same file that was ripped to my Bluesound Vault 2 and it's digital output goes into the same DAC the file from the Vault 2 sounds MUCH better. I was actually shocked.

I want a good player, I'll pay for it and I'll be happy with it

 

[KenM10759]

Let me ask you a question. Do you believe that two channel DSD sounds better then two channel PCM? I think this is what all this comes down to.

I couldn't tell you because I still can't even play the ONE SACD that I have.

In my music room I didn't even have any way to play a regular CD until I moved the $7 Sony SCD-CE595 played into my rack and discovered that it no longer can play SACDs...only regular CD's.

I've never even heard an SACD, it's just that a friend sent me one and I could buy more if I like them.

 

[lovinthehd]

But it does do more than just spin optical CD's (pre-amp, headphone amp, USB DAC capability). For the build and features, it really isn't awfully expensive (but it ain't cheap either).

$4k for that is expensive. Don't need an optical disc player to provide the extra functions but I suppose it might suit someone. Especially it's not a universal disc player. IMHO.

 

[lovinthehd]

What's really cool to me is that this is a free country and just as people like @m. zillch can criticize/make light of other people's choices, I can spend my money the way I like and get what I want that makes me smile.

I'm sure there are plenty more people happily connecting their $10 Bluetooth earbuds to their Samsung Galaxy and streaming Spotify low res music...while scoffing at people like him.

I don't care.

Spotify is lossless now, depending on device (my phone can do it, my tablet can't). Still, spending thousands just for a pretty case, sure, might suit you, but....

 

[KenM10759]

Spotify is lossless now, depending on device (my phone can do it, my tablet can't). Still, spending thousands just for a pretty case, sure, might suit you, but....

I'm aware of what Spotify now offers. That wasn't the point.

If you've never handled/used Luxman gear, you wouldn't understand that it's far more than just "a pretty case." Go to their website and look up a D-07X to see what they put into it, and I can assure you that it's far more than just the sum of it's parts.

 

[lovinthehd]

I'm aware of what Spotify now offers. That wasn't the point.

If you've never handled/used Luxman gear, you wouldn't understand that it's far more than just "a pretty case." Go to their website and look up a D-07X to see what they put into it, and I can assure you that it's far more than just the sum of it's parts.

Sorry, that kind of gear is just jewelry to me for the most part; it's good quality but that's only so meaningful. I don't buy jewelry....