In Reply to: Its a VERY easy choice posted by Rodney Gold on February 20, 2002 at 21:02:59:
If you think the Rebook/CD is as good as you'll ever want, then it is easy. If you would like better... a higher rez version of digital, then it is not so easy. If everyone concluded that its best to wait until there is more software, as so many people are ready to advise, then SACD and DVD-A will die. And there will not be an hi-rez replacements anytime soon. If you think that anyone will put up the capital necessary after these fail to make another attempt at hi-rez, better quality sound, you're living in Never-Never Land. What we'll be left with is degraded/watermarked CD's or various versions of lossy systems like MP3. So as Art Dudley has suggested, you are voting with your dollars. If hi-rez matters to you, if quality of sound matters then you vote with your dollars. If you're content to live with CD or less for the rest of your life, then ignore hi-rez systems.
And by the way, CD does sound better than anything else I have heard in the price range on my XA777ES, so I am not giving up anything in going in that direction.
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- Re: Not so easy... - JayD 13:57:23 02/21/02 (25)
- Exactly!! - Robertc88 08:48:02 02/22/02 (5)
- Re: Exactly!! - JayD 13:22:39 02/22/02 (0)
- Re: Exactly!! - Jack G 13:13:09 02/22/02 (3)
- Not Sure I Understand - Robertc88 06:16:56 02/23/02 (2)
- Re: Not Sure I Understand - Jack G 12:26:39 02/23/02 (1)
- Re: Not Sure I Understand - JayD 13:58:11 02/23/02 (0)
- Agree and to further clarify at least my beliefs... - theob 17:40:44 02/21/02 (18)
- Re: Agree and to further clarify at least my beliefs... - Jack G 18:12:48 02/21/02 (17)
- Buy cd's since you get very good performance on Sony SACD players as well. nt - theob 19:42:51 02/21/02 (15)
- As good or better than a hi-end CDP? - Jack G 03:39:07 02/22/02 (14)
- Not Many Are Admitting - Robertc88 08:43:07 02/22/02 (13)
- What Many Are Admitting is that the SCD1 can hold it's own versus... - theob 18:14:47 02/22/02 (12)
- why go there???? - TBone 08:06:06 02/26/02 (0)
- LOL! Just hang on a minute there will you? - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 11:26:33 02/23/02 (5)
- I wouldn't take Heart Over 9000ES! - Robertc88 06:30:13 02/24/02 (1)
- But you haven`t heard it Robert! - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 08:19:34 02/24/02 (0)
- I said it was a minority opinion. But I have heard owner's of audio salon's... - theob 15:31:47 02/23/02 (2)
- Re: I said it was a minority opinion. But I have heard owner's of audio salon's... - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 03:09:37 02/24/02 (1)
- I believe it was an early review of the scd1 in HFN&RR. nt - theob 05:33:22 02/24/02 (0)
- Couldn't Find Better Deal Than - Robertc88 08:44:31 02/23/02 (4)
- What is it with you and multichannel? (nt) - Jack G 12:28:11 02/23/02 (3)
- Don't You Understand? - Robertc88 03:55:34 02/24/02 (2)
- Yes, do you? - Jack G 13:55:26 02/25/02 (1)
- Jack ... - TBone 08:11:33 02/26/02 (0)
- Re: Agree and to further clarify at least my beliefs... - JayD 18:25:48 02/21/02 (0)