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Are we condemed to muli channel ?
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You are never 'condemned' to multi-channel. simply press the '2ch' button on your remote!
hehehe...
If Sony discontinued the SCD-1 and or its drive; don't fret as we are NOT condemed to a multi-channel H/T/DVD/Video midrange component nightmare!There are audio equipment manufacturers who are making quality two channel SACD equipment that in fact might be even better than the SCD-1. I think Linn has introduced their universal SACD/DVD-A machine. Isn't that two channel? Certainly Musical Fidelity's Tri-Vista is superior (only about 500 to be hand built) to the SCD-1 in every way shape or form. One big thing I hear is that Chord is going to release an SACD drive; and am not sure if it will also do DVD-A. All one has to do is to keep up with the Audio press and see what is new.
Still however, my SCD-1 does a wonderful job as a spot to place my LP album jackets when I play my LPs. Yes I still listen to Redbook & SACD just not as often. Also, I've not bought nearly as many SACD titles as I once did mainly due to the fact that I have bought most of the SACD titles that suit my musical taste. Single layer disks for the most part do not end up on my shopping list and there is a previous post on that subject that I wrote.
As we all know, Sony when they initially release a new format they tend to build a very heavy duty machine for that initial model. If anyone here remembers the early Betamax machines, I mean way, way back in the mid to late 1970's, were built like tanks. The SCD-1 was an exercise of a no-compromise state-of-the-art SACD playback machine aimed at the two channel audiophile market. In my opinion, Sony met their goal with the SCD-1 even with some of its quirks.
What is sad in my opinion is that Sony at one time set the standard, such as the Trinitron CRT tube and the first mainstream and technically superior consumer home video recorder, Betamax. Lets not forget U-Matic for the professional realm that was the grandfather of Betamax. Way back when, on a trip to Japan I purchased an early CDP-101 and later a CDP-610 ES that is still in use today by a friend. Now it seems as if Sony only markets midpriced "consumer" audio and video equipment that is of questionable engineering quality. I doubt that in the future that I would buy another Sony product as it is clear Sony is aiming for the Best Buy/Circuit City mulit-channel boombox crowd.
This is my personal view and readers may accept or reject it.
IMHO you are smoking crack if you think anything musical fidelity makes even holds a candle to the SCD-1. I've used/seen both and the Mufi piece is overpriced and lamely built by comparison. They are good at marketing, and using too much chrome and brass and exposed fasteners, but forget about building the best SACD player. not even close.also, as far as sony dumbing-down things over here meaning they can't or don't make high end gear... another wrong assumption. They have entire high-end lines of stuff ($50,000+ electrostatic speakers for example) that never even see the light of day over here. Simply not worth the trouble for them. We dont' get the good stuff most of the time - they keep it for the JDM market, which is typical of most Japanese companies. (Car companies are notorious for doing this.). If they only bring over mid-fi from now on, it's because that's what sells for them. not that they couldn't sell the high-end stuff, but apparently they just don't want to bother, perhaps? Hopefully we will continue to see items on the caliber of SCD-1, s9000Es and XA7ES in the future from them.
-Ed
Sony has some of the brightest engineers in the world working for them, and when unleashed they do fantastic things.Hopefully the financial funk won't hurt their R&D efforts too much.
As we have the same drive ( Accuphase ) we may be soon in trouble..if somethings goes wrong...
Sony is the leader and it really seems that all are going MC...
That are the tendency, no doubt.
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