Sound Quality With CD

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Posted by Robertc88 on November 20, 2002 at 03:53:13

In Reply to: Strange logic... posted by SE on November 19, 2002 at 13:57:05:

Perhaps I should be spending more time on this board than Hi-Rez as my main focus is CDs for which I consider the sound quality pretty darn good and perhaps can get at a good price with used recordings.

Hi-rez folks are stating that in many cases that SACD recordings are bettering even those CDs that sound pretty darn good. One example is the Patricia Barber recordings recently issued in SACD format. How much better I assume is dependent on one's system. I am not going to buy them at $25.00 to find out as I already have them on CD.

I believe folks on Hi-rez have been listening quite a long time to jazz and classical recordings and many are audiophiles. SACD now introduces something new for them to get excited about. I agree to some extent but I'm in another phase of music listening. That being grabbing the music that is available out there as I have only listened to jazz now for 2 years and classical for about 6 months and there is lots to catch up with. The better sound quality would be icing on the cake but not my main focus!!

I did not have a really good CD player so it made sense when I upgraded to keep SACD under consideration. I bought the Sony 9000ES and then upgraded to the Sony XA777ES. I'm quite happy with CD playback on the XA777ES. The best feature of the 9000ES was the video, IMHO, so I upgraded and I own another player for DVD playback.

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Topic - sound is so real it stops you in your track! - jazz1 08:50:31 11/19/02 (23)

The one that makes me pause... - Bob C 09:43:07 11/20/02 (2)

Re: The one that makes me pause... - jazz1 10:57:04 11/20/02 (1)

Re: The one that makes me pause... - Bob C 12:32:32 11/20/02 (0)

Re: sound is so real it stops you in your track! - Viking 08:13:41 11/20/02 (0)

Was hoping for new music! - jazz1 20:36:40 11/19/02 (1)

Try These - Robertc88 03:34:22 11/20/02 (0)

Jazz on Reference Recordings & MFSL - Robertc88 14:45:01 11/19/02 (0)

Re: sound is so real it stops you in your track! - Mike M. 12:23:20 11/19/02 (10)

B O R I N G - Darryl 05:44:04 11/20/02 (3)

Re: B O R I N G??? - D 06:14:41 11/21/02 (1)

See Mikes post below on Weekend Tunes where he titled his post B O R I N G. nt - newbee 08:07:45 11/21/02 (0)

Re: B O R I N G - Mike M. 06:45:59 11/20/02 (0)

Strange logic... - SE 13:57:05 11/19/02 (5)

Sound Quality With CD - Robertc88 03:53:13 11/20/02 (0)

Re: Strange logic... - Mike M. 18:30:32 11/19/02 (3)

Re: Strange logic... - TOOL 17:37:28 11/21/02 (0)

Taking on a new format... - SE 05:19:28 11/20/02 (2)

Re: Taking on a new format... - Mike M. 07:30:02 11/20/02 (1)

I think..... - D Harvey 16:36:47 11/20/02 (0)

Re: sound is so real it stops you in your track! - Mike K 10:04:53 11/19/02 (4)

Damn near anything on Chesky... - Bagsgroove 11:03:04 11/19/02 (3)

A Chesky dog - Akala 08:33:24 11/21/02 (0)

Re: Damn near anything on Chesky... - goblin141 16:35:54 11/19/02 (1)

What timing! - Bagsgroove 17:15:16 11/19/02 (0)

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