skyline889
Headphoneus Supremus
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It's an honest comment is what it is. I could understand if hes said he just wanted a small CD player, but he said he wanted a small SACD player. The only reason why a person would want to "dip his foot into the world of SACDs" is because of higher fidelity and higher quality sound. If you buy something like that cheapy Onkyo, you will get neither. A comparable redbook player like a vintage PCDP or a digital source will provide equal or higher quality sound than a cheap unversal like that. Just because something plays SACDs doesn't mean it'll sound any better than a regular redbook player, it's the implementation that counts. It's like sticking premium gas in a Hyundai, yes it'll be able to use it but it's still a Hyundai.
The only cheap SACD players that are decent that I know of, is the Sony SCD-CE595, a couple of Pioneers, and one or two Samsung universals, none of which are 5"x5"x1". Hell, most good PCDPs are bigger than that, so finding a cheap, decent, SACD player that size is next to impossible.
If size is that much of a constraint, I would just stick with a portable audio player as a source. If you can go a little bigger, there're quite a few decent, half-rack, redbook players out there. Of course full size players will offer you the most value for your money as they are the most common, and will also allow you to get into good SACD for cheap, but if you can't fit them, you can't fit them.
Originally Posted by wower /img/forum/go_quote.gif My Lord, what kind of comment is this??!?! Small players don't suck, sitting there bored with no tunes sucks. You're actually right though, sound isn't important, music is. There are many reasons someone might want a small SACD player and many reasons to help a fellow head-fi'er. Do you have helpful info other than to suggest a $20,000 Ayre>Norst>ES-1 system for the OP's office desk? |
It's an honest comment is what it is. I could understand if hes said he just wanted a small CD player, but he said he wanted a small SACD player. The only reason why a person would want to "dip his foot into the world of SACDs" is because of higher fidelity and higher quality sound. If you buy something like that cheapy Onkyo, you will get neither. A comparable redbook player like a vintage PCDP or a digital source will provide equal or higher quality sound than a cheap unversal like that. Just because something plays SACDs doesn't mean it'll sound any better than a regular redbook player, it's the implementation that counts. It's like sticking premium gas in a Hyundai, yes it'll be able to use it but it's still a Hyundai.
The only cheap SACD players that are decent that I know of, is the Sony SCD-CE595, a couple of Pioneers, and one or two Samsung universals, none of which are 5"x5"x1". Hell, most good PCDPs are bigger than that, so finding a cheap, decent, SACD player that size is next to impossible.
If size is that much of a constraint, I would just stick with a portable audio player as a source. If you can go a little bigger, there're quite a few decent, half-rack, redbook players out there. Of course full size players will offer you the most value for your money as they are the most common, and will also allow you to get into good SACD for cheap, but if you can't fit them, you can't fit them.