I've been puzzling over this one. The disc is Gergiev's Mariinsky Orchestra playing Shostakovich Symphonies #1 and 15. I heard it recently at a friend's where the crescendos (this thing is NOT lacking in dynamics) sounded congested and altogether unpleasant (SACD player was by Marantz). Back home, my own copy sounded some better on my Oppo BDP-83SE. Not as congested but hard and closed-in on peaks, certainly not clean and open.
For the heck of it, I put it in my Raysonic 128 CD player. Voila. All was well. Sounded great. What's going on?
The Oppo is otherwise a pretty good-sounding SACD player, BTW.
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Topic - Ever have a hybrid SACD whose CD layer sounds better? - Dave Pogue 05:30:51 01/12/14 (31)
- RE: Ever have a hybrid SACD whose CD layer sounds better? - Say 07:42:48 01/30/14 (0)
- RE: Ever have a hybrid SACD whose CD layer sounds better? - fstein 22:51:08 01/13/14 (0)
- I have an Marantz SA8004 and a Bifrost. - mbnx01 12:44:05 01/13/14 (1)
- I'd be rooting for SACD - Feanor 05:26:08 01/16/14 (0)
- Yes, I have - Feanor 09:42:27 01/12/14 (4)
- Schiit Bifrost - Russell 14:38:47 01/12/14 (3)
- 2nd rate SACD player vs. excellent DAC - Feanor 16:20:37 01/12/14 (2)
- RE: 2nd rate SACD player vs. excellent DAC - Disbeliever 01:01:11 01/13/14 (1)
- Good suggestion, but ... - Feanor 05:16:51 01/16/14 (0)
- RE: Ever have a hybrid SACD whose CD layer sounds better? - Chuck Y 08:25:22 01/12/14 (21)
- RE: Ever have a hybrid SACD whose CD layer sounds better? - Dave Pogue 08:33:01 01/12/14 (20)
- RE: Ever have a hybrid SACD whose CD layer sounds better? - Awe-d-o-file 18:33:00 01/13/14 (0)
- I think it is simple a function of the tube aspect of the Raysonic...... - Chuck Y 09:11:37 01/12/14 (1)
- RE: I think it is simple a function of the tube aspect of the Raysonic...... - Dave Pogue 10:05:33 01/12/14 (0)
- Can you play the CD layer in your SACD player for comparison... - Ivan303 09:11:36 01/12/14 (0)
- RE: Ever have a hybrid SACD whose CD layer sounds better? - Mel 08:46:02 01/12/14 (15)
- Okay, tell me how to do it. - Dave Pogue 09:14:16 01/12/14 (14)
- RE: Okay, tell me how to do it. - Mel 10:49:36 01/12/14 (1)
- RE: Okay, tell me how to do it. - Mel 15:57:47 01/12/14 (0)
- Dave, it it's like the BDP-93... - rlw 10:05:26 01/12/14 (11)
- Bit the bullet and set up the monitor. - Dave Pogue 12:21:42 01/12/14 (9)
- RE: Bit the bullet and set up the monitor. - dbphd 12:50:50 01/12/14 (8)
- RE: Bit the bullet and set up the monitor. - Dave Pogue 13:29:43 01/12/14 (7)
- PCM if monitor is on - sbrians 13:33:38 01/29/14 (0)
- RE: Bit the bullet and set up the monitor. - dbphd 10:44:34 01/14/14 (4)
- RE: Bit the bullet and set up the monitor. - Dave Pogue 11:07:11 01/14/14 (3)
- RE: Bit the bullet and set up the monitor. - dbphd 02:34:59 01/15/14 (2)
- I understand. - Dave Pogue 06:14:07 01/15/14 (1)
- RE: I understand. - dbphd 18:08:19 01/15/14 (0)
- Yeah, - the Oppo is an OK player, but just for the price - Sordidman 10:37:52 01/14/14 (0)
- RE: Dave, it it's like the BDP-93... - Dave Pogue 10:19:05 01/12/14 (0)