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In Reply to: Aw, damn...I'm gonna have to buy it, PCM-sourced and all. (nt) posted by jdaniel on February 27, 2007 at 08:50:57:
I rarely even think to look/listen for the recording type designation any more. In this case the pamphlet doesn't say. Whether DSD or PCM the sound is ”very good" but would not make my "top ten". Sound quality for the Saint Saens disc is not in the same league as, say, Fischer's Mahler 2. But I would think that the Saint-Saens disc was technically so much more difficult to pull off successfully given the "organ factor" and perhaps because it was a live venue. I suspect recording type to be a lesser factor here. So, while the "sound quality" may fall a bit less than top tier the "sonics" (pyrotechnics) are clearly top 10 material.You'll be happy to hear that the noises I referred to during the quiet passages gives the recording a distinct vinyl flavor :)
Robert C. Lang
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Ha ha very funny. Most of my records are CD-quiet. You just need a smaller needle.
...I know it's an imperfect world out there, but to introduce the brave new world of SACD, then record the vast majority of performances in PCM and then convert them to SACD and sell them as SACDs...I find this vaguely annoying. I believe only about 700(?) SACDs available are "pure" DSD?
Sure, I wish that all SACDs, and reaching higher, all new recordings period were DSD multi-channel SACDs. I believe you've made it known that you wish all new recordings were vinyl. But neither of us will get our wish in the near future, more than likely never ever.So, we have to make the most of the hand we are dealt. I say this to you in all honesty, the Golden Age, for me, with respect to the quality of music reproduction in my home, is right now. Not 25 years ago, not 10 years ago, not with vinyl, CDs, or two-channel SACDs, but right now, today. The best recorded music I have ever experienced is sourced with multi-channel SACDs, whether they are PCM or DSD. Might there be better? Sure, but I have not heard it. And I'm always auditioning. True I am about to spring for a new turntable set up, which will certainly improve the quality of my vinyl. But it will come no way near the reproduction quality I'm experiencing with nearly all my multi-channel SACDs.
I have learned in the last nearly two years that the trump card is not DSD, but instead is SACD multi-channel.
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