In Reply to: Giving up on SACD posted by bullethead on December 22, 2018 at 08:16:24:
Boom! There, I said it.
Optimizing low rez will get you sooo much more satisfaction and bang for your buck, than chasing after some ghost of audiophile nirvana. Hi Rez is a waste of money, full of false expectations and is for gear lovers, not music lovers.
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Follow Ups
- SACD allong with most hi rez is a fools errend - lokie 12:52:42 12/27/18 (22)
- RE: SACD allong with most hi rez is a fools errend - hiredfox 09:58:31 06/07/19 (1)
- RE: SACD allong with most hi rez is a fools errend - fantja 15:23:47 11/12/19 (0)
- An FPGA based DAC that converts everything to DSD - Sordidman 10:11:27 01/02/19 (1)
- You should get together with oldmkvi! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 15:23:06 01/02/19 (0)
- I agree mostly - Feanor 06:10:34 12/29/18 (4)
- +1 I agree mostly - AbeCollins 07:51:52 12/29/18 (3)
- IMO, the main advantage of SACD is multi-channel - Feanor 17:07:53 12/30/18 (2)
- Ah yes, there are few serious multichannel guys here.... - AbeCollins 14:46:32 12/31/18 (1)
- RE: Ah yes, there are few serious multichannel guys here.... - fantja 04:19:08 01/09/19 (0)
- Opposite for me - Dave_K 14:27:17 12/27/18 (12)
- I'm pretty much with you - David S. 10:51:47 12/28/18 (0)
- +1 [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 00:05:05 12/28/18 (10)
- Hi-res? Sometimes. - PAR 14:51:55 12/28/18 (9)
- "the quality of the original recording trumps everything else" - Chris from Lafayette 16:44:51 12/28/18 (8)
- RE: "the quality of the original recording trumps everything else" - PAR 00:29:39 12/29/18 (7)
- I'll bet my discernment between hi-rez and CD-rez would be very high. . . - Chris from Lafayette 08:35:33 12/29/18 (6)
- RE: I'll bet my discernment between hi-rez and CD-rez would be very high. . . - PAR 09:27:55 12/29/18 (5)
- just so! - Bruce from DC 11:44:33 12/29/18 (4)
- RE: just so! - PAR 16:10:37 12/29/18 (3)
- RE: just so! - Dave_K 06:23:26 12/30/18 (2)
- RE: just so! - Aaron 01 07:27:17 12/31/18 (1)
- RE: just so! - Bruce from DC 19:01:31 01/01/19 (0)