Wow, this is an old thread. >DSOTM I have the SACD and it's fantastic to listen to in multi channel, but how many other artists/genres lend themselves to a 5.1 mix? When the music is just instruments and vocals, the only option the sound engineer has is to make you feel like you're in the band. Notwithstanding the difficulty in doing this well without making it gimicky, is this really the way the artist intended their music to be heard?
>proper SACD player Well I doubt my $200 universal player would qualify but the Sony ES models mentioned by others in the thread must surely count. 5.1 music will only ever have niche appeal because it requires the listener be in the sweet spot the whole time. It's not suitable for background listening, can't be played on portable players through headphones, and any sound quality difference over CD is probably inaudible to most people; particularly given the poor quality of the equipment in the average home. The final nail in the coffin is the closed nature of the format. I had high hopes for SACD when I got my first player, but like most on this thread, the few albums I own have barely been out of the case since I got my SB2. -- jimmy100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jimmy100's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1506 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21542 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
