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Re: Your impressions of DVD-A vs. SACD....

are you sure your pioneer does not convert SACD to PCM via the firewire?

in terms of "clean and clear" vs "clean and smooth" - i think the "smoothness" may be an artefact caused by ultrasonic noise affecting some amplification components.

i noticed the smoothness with my old denon avc-a1se, and thought it was a characteristic of SACD but then i discovered i can replicate it using CDs simply by switching my player to use the "option" filter which opens up ultrasonic noise from the DAC.

the "smoothness" has completely disappeared using my new amplification components (which are rated to 100MHz) so i doubt it is a characteristic of SACD.

i think the "crispness" of DVD-As is also an artefact of the ultrasonics, since that has also disappeared in my new setup.

In fact on my new system DVD-As and SACDs sound eerily alike - switching between my players playing Diana Krall Love Scenes (2ch track) i could not reliably tell the difference at all.

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