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In Reply to: No easy answer.. posted by JCS on March 14, 2007 at 01:57:06:

and so on.
Until I got my VPI SDS and replaced my Krell integrated with BAT's integrated, I would have said SACD by a smidgen, at least for native DSD recordings.
Now, having done all that stuff, I'm not sure but what I'd go the other way on the question.
Fact is, I like 'em both . . . a lot!
I know, that doesn't help . . . assuming this is not just a troll.
There are significant differences between what's available on the two formats . . . so, if you really must choose, let your choice be driven by the availability of the kind of music that you like more than anything you might hear or believe about the technical merits of either.
It's also probably worth mentioning that, I've invested many times more $$$ in vinyl playback equipment than in SACD playback equipment. That, too, may make a difference.

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Re: He's up! . . He's down! ... No, he's back up again!.. Oh, no! He's down, dammit! . . . - JCS 03:05:49 03/15/07 (2)
I must "assume" that your response to my post was meant for CLE?
But like you I also have more $ invested in vinyl than digital, especially when you factor in the software.
My response to CLE was only meant to suggest that the decision is not eclusionary, but a journey, and in his particular situation starting with SA-CD may be the most appropriate course of action.
I also believe that as your system improves the differences in formats can vary in order as well as amount of varience. What we usually fail to mention when we compare them is how satisfying they all can be and the joy they provide.
- no criticism of your post intended or implied - Bruce from DC 06:36:34 03/15/07 (1)
  My follow up seemed to be a kind of follow-on to your point, not a contradiction.
  Although, if I have the choice, I prefer listening to a record or an SACD, I certainly have a number of RBCDs that are completely listenable and satisfying.
  There are, however, a number of earlier CDs that I have, which don't meet that criterion. Things have gotten better over time, even in the RBCD world. For that matter, I have some crappy LPs, too; but there does not seem to be much of a relationship between their vintage and their sound quality, if the orginal recording was made after 1950. In fact, the poor quality vinyl used (for cost reasons) beginning in around 1975 compromises the quality of some of the 1970s and 1980s vintage records that I have. After 1990, I stopped buying records until I began to rejuvenate (and upgraded, substantially) my vinyl playback beginning in 1999. (When I first became involved with AA -- coincidence? I think not!)
  - None taken.. - JCS 04:10:35 03/16/07 (0)
    .. I just thought that your comments addressed the original post more than my response. Actually I pretty much share your opinion on the topic.

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