In Reply to: Thinking about upgrading my SACD player posted by Doktor Brahms on March 12, 2012 at 17:30:20:
I have never understood why the big Japanese companies (Sony, Marantz, Pioneer, Yamaha, Esoteric, Luxman) have always had such a mononpoly on SACD players.
Musical Fidelity came out with one years ago, (Arcam and Cary have also dipped a toe into SACD waters) but since then very, very few of the hi-fi specialist companies have bothered. This is in stark contrast to the current DAC-mania, where everyone who is anyone has a DAC.
I would love to hear what Conrad-Johnson, EAR, Audio Note, Unison Research, Copland, Rotel, Primare, Rogue Audio, Jolida or Rega (to name a few) could do with an SACD player.
I think the choices of SACD players are too limited and the Japan-inc players all sound more alike than not. An "upgrade" from one to another is more a side-ways step.
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- Upgrade - layman 08:25:47 03/13/12 (5)
- Finding a suitable transport? - Doktor Brahms 08:34:56 03/13/12 (4)
- RE: Finding a suitable transport? - layman 09:34:31 03/13/12 (3)
- Heavy SACD License Fees? (nt) - QuadESL63 12:04:33 03/13/12 (2)
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- That would by my estimation (nt) - Metralla 20:38:33 03/13/12 (0)