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In Reply to: RE: Hirez Highway used to about SACD sounding great. Now posted by AbeCollins on July 03, 2014 at 09:29:01
... is kinda amusing. At least to those of us who have heard it and found it wanting, just like those who have heard SACDs and found them wanting. I'd suggest that the computer audio fans might try graduating to vinyl or, better yet, reel-to-reel tape.
It helps, I know, to have a lot of space to house the "legacy" media :-)
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"graduating" to computer audio was a poor choice of words.
I have my vinyl collection, CDs, and box of SACDs but since I'm getting outstanding performance from my computer setup, not to mention the convenience, the physical media is in storage.
I'll admit that vinyl is fun and I enjoy the outstanding audio quality it offers but I'm getting comparably great results from the computer, DAC, and hi-res music files.
Reel-to-Reel? I wouldn't know where to buy music on reel-to-reel, 8-track, cassette, wire, wax cylinder, or other ancient media. ;-)
Just to address your last paragraph, and not disagreeing with your main points: there are almost 11,000 postings right now on Ebay's reel-to-reel site, many of which offer multiple tapes. I currently buy a couple tapes there each week.
Wow, I had no idea. eBay to the rescue.
Yeah, when I started checking eBay for open reel tapes, not that long ago, there were only about 3,000 entries on any given day and the tapes were going for a, er, song. Now you're lucky to get a 4-track copy of Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" for under $200 (twice that, at least, for a 2-track version). Yet I just picked up a pristine "Pal Joey" by Andre Previn, Shelly Mann and Red Mitchell, recorded by the iconic Roy DuNann, for ten bucks. And its sonics just blow away those of my vinyl copy.
It helps if you're a lover of 70s-era pop (Jim Nabors, anyone? I thought not), And the sound quality does run the gamut from quite stunning to quite awful. But there are gems to be found if you're patient, and the currently buyer-friendly policies of eBay make it pretty easy to get your money back if you wind up with a loser. As, believe me, I have.
"I'd suggest that the computer audio fans might try graduating to vinyl or, better yet, reel-to-reel tape."
On the other hand having had many years of experience with vinyl and RR tape, some of the most enjoyable sound I've heard has come using computers as the source!
Good sound is where you find it and even the lamest of media, which upon mulling over is hard for me nail down, probably does some things especially well. And outside of wire recorders I think I've heard 'em all and have extensive experience with most.
Rick
I like to have Vinyl and HiRez available, but to limit it to Vinyl or Tape, which I don't have, is too limiting musically for me. Very little music available in all formats.
I grant your point. But, determined to avoid dealing with yet another new medium (downloads, etc.), I figured I'd go for a more happy (for me) medium -- superior CD replay plus SACD/Blu-ray/DVD Audio -- via an Oppo 105 with ModWright tubed output and tubed power supply. Makes CDs sound great and SACDs even better. Vinyl and open reel tape are icing on my particular cake. So I have more musical choices than I'll ever be able to hear in my lifetime. Not saying it's the best route, but it is for me.
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