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In Reply to: Cary 306 SACD? posted by cgw on May 5, 2005 at 09:41:34:
Hard to imagine much improvement on the old 306, which is a gem.I would seriously investigate the Cary SACD but for the fact that, at the Monteal Show, the new 303 on display took F-O-R-E-V-E-R to scan the disk and prepare to play. I'm all for sound quality, but it really pisses me off to have to wait and wait and wait just for a cd player to figure out what it's playing.
After all, there's always vinyl for that sort of idiosyncratic stuff!
Follow Ups:
The CD player is reading the disc and creating a memory buffer so when you start play, it has already loaded some data. This processes reduces data errors and jitter. Well worth the wait in my ever so humble opinion.
Enjoy the music.
I agree, Abe ... what's 10 seconds? Just enough time to find a comfortable position and swirl the Merlot ......
True. The new 303/300 takes just a bit longer than others but it is well worth it for the reduced jitter.If you want a player that takes forever, try some of the Sony SACD machines.
Hi Abe,Seems the 306 will have Sony's SCD-1's mechanism...if that's the case, then loading times maybe be another PIA..:)
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