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a couple of novice questions.

I have good turntable and a good redbook player. I have not ventured far into sacd and have just a sony 9000es and a pioneer45a. The pioneer is not fussy about dics so i have it my main stereo and the sony is a good dvd player so i have left it to play dvd's.

I find the sound of the song to be more forward than the pioneer and I think more acurate. The pioneer has a distant kind of misrange in the soundstage which actually sounds good on some things but i notice for instance on the hybrid "Blood on the tracks" i think the cd layer sounds more natural, but then again my theta has more substantial analog end to it than the pioneer.

I worry about how long they will make sacd's and dont want to get heavy into spending money on it now but I am looking for general advice.

Is there another good sacd player out there on the used market? should i switch to the sony or get another? should I mod a cheaper player? Being into vinyl more than redbook, I certainly like hi-rez better and I work in the audio field so I listen to high rez stuff all the time. Just feeling around here and wondering if anyone has anything they want to offer.

my other gear in the system i am considering is a conrad johnson premier IB, a nick doshi alaap preamp, dunlavy scIV's and B&W 801's. thanks!


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Topic - a couple of novice questions. - mothra 14:40:29 04/07/07 (5)

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