BigTony;310697 Wrote: > 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
Hey Tony. Comparing Apples to Oranges, it just can't be done. SACD is its own thing and that is probably why it is dead. Sony who created it is not even supporting it anymore. I would not make a switch to SACD because it would be just like going out and buying a HD DVD player instead of Blu-Ray. The SACD format is dead and in 10 years we will probably not even be able to buy Red Book CDs. Now on the Transporter front there are some things to think about. Sure one can use and SB3 with a $1000 DAC and save $700 over a Transporter, BUT the SB3 will not play HD Digital Files unless they are down converted so why even go there. The future of Music is going to be files. Not CDs or SACDs, but files in some type of format. Most here are hoping it will be some HD format. If that ends up happening, the SB3 with the DAC will most likely then be out dated. If it were me, I would keep listening to the SB3 and start saving money for a Transporter or whatever future Slim Devices product might come our way to play HD FLAC files. -- iPhone *iPhone* 'Last.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/mephone) Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono Blocks, Vandersteen Quatro, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Bedroom: SB3, NAD C370, Thiel 2.3 Home Office: SB3, Parasound Vamp v.3, VSM-1 Sigs Mobile: SB3, Audioengine A5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48748
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