I've been mucking about with SACD for a few days and I must say I'm very impressed - and this has been achieved using a PS3 and an Onkyo 805 amp via HDMI. In 5.1 the sound can be very rich and full, but not all music is suitable for 5.1 (unlike War of the Worlds for example, which sounds like it was made for 5.1.). However, even in 2ch mode the sound is mighty impressive, I played Richard and Linda Thompson Shoot out the Lights in both CD (via my SB3 and Beresford DAC) and SACD via PS3 and the PS3 wins. I have been listening to my hifi alot due to illness, and I can't help but think that it might be time to upgrade from the SB3. I have thought about better DAC, but by the time I've added a decent DAC I've spent almost as much as a Transporter (in a wierd illogical way).
So, the 1,000,000 $ question (while a million $ is still worth something) - will the Transporter match SACD audio? I don't mind the having to play SACD or LP's, as they always have the feel of 'Sunday Best' but for 95% of my listening I just want to stream from my NAS. Another reason for thinking about the Transporter is 24 bit flacs, which I am sure will become more common in the future (I want to think of this purchase as a 10 year plan, that way its £10 a month - and thats really nothing! - the price of a DVD). Being in the UK its not easy to even find a Transporter to listen to, never mind bring it home and try it out for a week (but if anyone would lend me their's while they are on holiday perhaps :-) ), so it is an expensive purchase which has to go mainly on reccomendation. Does anyone out there have much listening experience of SACD and a Transporter? There is always an option to upgrade my CD to SACD, which I might do if SACD keep rolling, but its a difficult time to decide if the format is dead/stalled - Bluray Audio anyone? Many thanks for all your help and comments. Cheers BT -- BigTony We're Only In It For The Music! www.zappateers.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BigTony's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10638 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48748
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