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In Reply to: RE: onebitaudio posted by vahe on March 26, 2016 at 11:32:16
Like you, I prefer the absolute security of possessing physical discs. OK, your house can burn down but that apart the discs appear to be sufficiently durable to last for one's lifetime. The earliest CDs in my collection from 1983 are still in 'as-new' condition and play perfectly despite the doom-mongers suggesting they would rot away over time. Well, that's 30 years notched up! The secret or at least one secret is to store them in darkness when not being played.
A big selling point of down-loading must be convenience - certainly not price - but it is doubtful that convenience is much of an issue for most audiophiles. From my experience most have all the time in the world for their beloved hobby. Then there is the issue of what you actually get out of your end of the pipe? Nothing you can do about that whatever happens thereafter. Things have moved on from the old chestnut of "bits are bits".
Another issue is SQ. The best source to follow on the relative merits of SQ derived from downloading or streaming and disc is Martin Colloms who has a very sceptical as well as objective view on these things.
In time of course physical disc are likely to be squeezed out altogether by record labels and the production of disc players will end at which people like you and me are going to be very unhappy. The latter is the biggest threat and one maybe should think seriously about buying a couple of the very best players out there and storing them away for future use or at least stockpiling critical components of existing players for future repair if there are still specialist technicians around who can fix them.
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Again totally agree. I do have a second Sony XA5400ES player stored , will be interesting to see how long the first one lasts.
The Sony ES series is supposedly built to a much higher standard than their run of the mill products for AV so hopefully it should last. At the moment Marantz are still introducing new SACD players but Sony seem to have done nothing serious since the XA5400ES which is a little surprising as that player sold out very quickly so there is clearly a large enough market for such speciality products. I wonder why Sony read the situation so much differently to Marantz?
Of course Sony had to do a lot of belt tightening over the last few years and they would argue that their HAPZ iES player (sorry if that is not the correct designation) meets modern needs but as this thread proves few audiophiles are that interested in streaming and down-loading.
It's good to find some old friends on this site and perhaps we should bury our differences of opinion on the SA7 and focus in future on the many issues of concern to audiophiles that we do agree upon.
Best wishes
Yes I agree with what you say. As for other Sony AV products the STR-DA 5400ES AV receiver with HATS also built to a high standard an absolute bargain is essential to get the best SQ from the SACD player. Furthermore this superb receiver has never been reviewed fully, both the FM & MM phono sections are excellent I have never heard better sound from BBC 3 & Classic FM. Happy Listening Best wishes Gerald. P.S. I wonder what Rammiepie & Fitzcalrado are up to as they can no longer post on SACD.net ha.
Edits: 03/28/16
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