[Derrick Swart]

Jason said: Are there more than 17 disks in that format? Asking seriously. But no, I wouldn't expect it would support any disk playing other than CD.

Well I have 94 SACD disks, so that's important to me.....

i ve one sacd and plays perfectly as CD on my rotel dvd player

 

[ev666il]

i ve one sacd and plays perfectly as CD on my rotel dvd player

I think @tromba meant playing the DSD layer of those SACDs is important to him

 

[Derrick Swart]

I like this comment ... as I sit here supping on a La Trappe Quadrupel from Netherlands.

That beer I buy now and then, almost bottle of wine price for 33cl here in Portugal. Can’t drink a six pack of those! Lovely beer, not as good as Duvel or La Chouffe IMO.

 

[tin-ear]

The problem is that 5G has very low range (1000 ft, or less than 1/5 of a mile) and requires a high density of cell towers to cover an area. Carriers have been dragging on 5G deployment because of the cost, and not motivated because of lack of competition at many locations. To contrast, 4G has a range of 10 miles (more than 50 times the range of a 5G tower).

Another problem in the US is low 5G performance because of the radio spectrum being used.
https://arstechnica.com/information...ile-other-countries-hit-hundreds-of-megabits/
https://arstechnica.com/information...than-4g-in-nearly-every-city-tested-by-pcmag/

For remote areas, satellite internet is promising:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/3/2...te-constellation-download-speeds-space-lasers

Interesting article on a small village in England that built a fast internet network; in parts of the US politics makes this impossible. Sigh.

https://arstechnica.com/information...t-internet-networks/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

 

[Brubacca]

Jason,

Any new Schiit we can discuss? Sounds like Magnius is going well. What's next?

 

[Varejao17]

I think @tromba meant playing the DSD layer of those SACDs is important to him

Even more - some SACDs don't have CD layers.

ed

 

[Ableza]

SACD is a failed format because it was too expensive, CD was too established, and there was very little (many would say NO) audible differences. SACD is like DIVX. An idea that did not catch on.

 

[Les Strat]

Interesting article on a small village in England that built a fast internet network; in parts of the US politics makes this impossible. Sigh.

https://arstechnica.com/information...t-internet-networks/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Thanks for this @tin-ear
I know Clapham in Yorkshire!
A Northamptonshire village where I used to live, did something similar about 20 years ago. Fed up with non-existent internet coverage the locals got together and built their own network.
It was one of the first in England.

 

[Roy G. Biv]

SACD is a failed format because it was too expensive, CD was too established, and there was very little (many would say NO) audible differences. SACD is like DIVX. An idea that did not catch on.

Hard to believe that after the failure of DIVX that someone would come up with something even worse. Predictable results.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexplay

 

[StimpyWan]

SACD is a failed format because it was too expensive, CD was too established, and there was very little (many would say NO) audible differences. SACD is like DIVX. An idea that did not catch on.

Yuck. Don't remind me. I worked at the plant that made the DIVX discs. Even manufacturing was a nightmare...!

 

[saddleup]

Don 't forget to check out Bandcamp. They only have select artists but some are very obscure. They offer flac in cd quality and some hi res ( depends upon what the band provides). They also sell vinyl, cassettes and downloads. I've downloaded Garcia Peoples, Morcheeba, Mabel Greer's Toy Shop (pre YES) and Case -Lang- Veirs. Certain Fridays they donate the money to struggling artists.

The artist gets a bigger slice of the pie from Bandcamp than they do the streaming services. Other than physical media Bandcamp is where you go when you want to support the artist.

 

[PolarBehr]

SACD is a failed format because it was too expensive, CD was too established, and there was very little (many would say NO) audible differences. SACD is like DIVX. An idea that did not catch on.

I find it very difficult and expensive to find good content for SACD and have given up. I have 3. Two sound great and love the multi channel mix on them. I certainly agree it did not catch on but some times wonder what if SACD did catch on and the AV format wars never happened and we standardized on 5.1. A world that will never be. AV format wars continue and your hardware becomes obsolete well before its time.

 

[macdonjh]

Jason said: Are there more than 17 disks in that format? Asking seriously. But no, I wouldn't expect it would support any disk playing other than CD.

Well I have 94 SACD disks, so that's important to me.....

I thought @Jason Stoddard meant DVD-A... Even I have some SACD discs, and I agree with @Ableza, I don't hear a difference between the formats (unless the SACD is multi-channel). What I really want is a convenient way to open the SACD layers so I can rip the multi-channel SACDs I have and then sell the discs. That's the only reason I bought those particular issues: 3-channel recordings from the 3-channel masters.

Thanks for this @tin-ear
I know Clapham in Yorkshire!
A Northamptonshire village where I used to live, did something similar about 20 years ago. Fed up with non-existent internet coverage the locals got together and built their own network.
It was one of the first in England.

Don't wait for the government or somebody else to fix it... There's a lesson in there somewhere.

 

[wout31]

Even more - some SACDs don't have CD layers.
ed

Most SACD's are hybrids that have a CD as well as a SACD layer. These discs can be played on a normal CD player,. The stereo sound however, sorry (old school from first stereo records) , the DSD stream however can only be player with the proper SACD player.

 

[ev666il]

some times wonder what if SACD did catch on and the AV format wars never happened and we standardized on 5.1.

It would have been better still if DVD-A caught on and SACD lost against it, but one of history's lessons is that the better format never wins a format war.