[rdsu]

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1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?
No
2. Do you own any SACDs? 
No
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?
CD 2%
Files 98%
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC? 
Could be.
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?
Yes...

 

 

[Benjamin6264]

1. Yes
2. No
3. N/A
4. No
5. $50 at most

 

[gi330i]

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Less than 1%
4. No
5. Possibly, if upgrade costs less than 15% of total cost
Thanks Jason

 

[monsieurguzel]

 
1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?
Yes
2. Do you own any SACDs? 
No
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?
Files 100%
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC? 
Potentially, if there is a distribution method for DSD files.  As of right now the only DSD files I know of are pirated rips through PS3, making it an extremely niche file format.
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?
Yes, for the sake of future-proofing

 

[charliex]

1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?
Yes,
 
2. Do you own any SACDs?
A few
 
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?
<5% SACD, 85% HD FLAC downloads (24/96/), 10% CDs (Ripped to lossless @ 16/44)
 
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC? 
It will be in my next audio upgrade.
 
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?
 
If reasonably priced, yes.

 

[wuwhere]

 
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1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?  Yes
 
2. Do you own any SACDs?  Yes
 
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?  about 2.5% SACDs and more in the future
 
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC?  Yes
 
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?  Yes
 

 
 

 

[sridhar3]

Read question 5 carefully before answering.  About 1/2 of the responses are bogus.

 

[liamstrain]

the "what" sneaks up on you. Most people seem to assume it is asking "Would you pay for the upgrade" not "WHAT would you pay for the upgrade."

 

[elwappo99]

 
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the "what" sneaks up on you. Most people seem to assume it is asking "Would you pay for the upgrade" not "WHAT would you pay for the upgrade."

 
This, also I'm unsure how Schiit would implement DSD, since most sacd players only allow it from an HDMI output. 

 

[wuwhere]

No SACD player will output DSD from their SPDIF coax/optical, the standards are not only incompatible but also due to copyright protection.

 

[BenjaminHarris]

1. Familiar with SACD, but not DSD
2. No
3. SACD = 0%, CD = 5%, and Files = 95%
4. No
5. I wouldn't be interested in upgrading to pay SACD/DSD at this time, so the amount that I would be willing to pay would probably be far less than the actual cost associated with the upgrade.
 

 

[musiclover666]

 
1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?
Yes
2. Do you own any SACDs?
A few
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?
1%, 80%, 19%
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC?
No
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?
Don't know

 

[gasmd]

 
1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?  Yes
2. Do you own any SACDs?  no 
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files? 0%
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC? No
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade? No

 

[ultrabike]

 
1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?

1. Yes

2. Do you own any SACDs?

1. No

3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?

1. 95% files, 5% CD

4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC? 

1. No. But if I had an SACD capable player it would be.

5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?

1. It would be a consideration, but I might be more concerned about the analog front end performance.

 

[daerron]

 
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1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?
Yes
 
2. Do you own any SACDs? 
Yes
 
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?
2%
 
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC? 
No
 
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?
Yes, around $100-200.