mikeg
Headphoneus Supremus
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After buying SACD and Universal players I've finally realized that the SACD and DVD-Audio high res. formats are not inherently superior to the regular CD format for headphone (i.e., 2-channel) listening. I have regular CDs that sound much better than SACDs, and I've also observed that most currently marketed SACDs are "legacy" recordings, and that they sound the part. Such inferior sounding SACD recordings hardly merit being played on very high quality (and therefore high cost) headphone equipment. So, IMO obtaining the best sounding program material in no way depends on whether it's available in high res. (i.e., as SACD or DVD-Audio), or as regular CDs. I now believe that regular CDs can sound fully as good as these high res. formats, when listened to on 2-channel systems. A really valuable, and more detailed, discussion of this topic appears at the following thread (see especially posting #20):
http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showt...3&page=1&pp=20
http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showt...3&page=1&pp=20