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The Schiit SACD/DSD Research Thread--Your Chance to Win a Bifrost!
Apr 23, 2012 at 2:44 AM Post #166 of 333
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?
Not applicable
 
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC? 
Probably, yes.
 
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?
Not sure, maybe $150
 
Apr 23, 2012 at 4:08 AM Post #167 of 333
 
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?
-N/A
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?
-<200
 
Apr 23, 2012 at 8:50 AM Post #168 of 333
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?
N/A
 
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC? 
Not at this moment
 
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?
Depends on how much the upgrade will cost me
 
 
Apr 23, 2012 at 9:44 AM Post #169 of 333
 
1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?
Very.
 
2. Do you own any SACDs?
One or two bargain bin ones, like Dark Side of the Moon. 
 
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?
Sort of irrelevant question for me. I EAC my collection, then only get the case out when I want to see the artwork/lyrics/ritual first listening mode. I can get a PCM conversion from the SACD's master, so the SACD is useless afterwards.
 
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC? 
No. It wouldn't be a bad marketing gimmick, assuming it could support DSD playback from a PC for the superlative loving tube-fellatists you market to,
 
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?
Nothing.
 
Apr 23, 2012 at 10:24 AM Post #170 of 333
1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD? Yes
 
2. Do you own any SACDs? Yes, about 50
 
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?  5% or so
 
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? About 200$

 
 
Apr 23, 2012 at 10:29 AM Post #171 of 333
1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD? Yes
2. Do you own any SACDs? Yes (Less than 10)
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files? 1%
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?  Unlikely
 
Apr 23, 2012 at 12:12 PM Post #172 of 333
 
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? Circa 1% of collection
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC? YES - THOUGH IAM ONLY REALLY INTERESTED IN 2 CH & NOT MULTI CHANNEL
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?  WOULD CONSIDER THIS - I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO RECORD FROM DSD BUT THAT I KNOW IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE GIVEN THE WAY DSD HAS BEEN DESIGNED
 
Apr 23, 2012 at 12:46 PM Post #173 of 333
1. No
2. No
3. 0 SACDs, 10% CDs, 90%lossless files
4. No.
5. Yes. around $300.
 
Apr 23, 2012 at 5:03 PM Post #174 of 333
 
Quote:
1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?
2. Do you own any SACDs? 
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC? 
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?
 
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1. Yes
2. About 100 SACD or iso
3. About 10 %
4. Yes, but comes after sound quality
5. about 100-200 if SQ is better than analog out from my Oppo 95
 
Apr 23, 2012 at 5:36 PM Post #175 of 333
 
1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?
yes
2. Do you own any SACDs?
nope
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?
0%,100% files
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC?
maybe in the future 
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade
$100///
 
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Apr 23, 2012 at 8:02 PM Post #176 of 333
1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?
2. Do you own any SACDs? 
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC? 
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?

1.Yes, Yes
2.No
3.0%
4.Just a bonus
5.150-200ish
 
Apr 23, 2012 at 9:02 PM Post #177 of 333
 
Quote:
jason stoddard said:
Hey all,
 
It's that time of year again--time we pick your brains. The topic of SACD and its associated DSD datastream have come up in questions about our DAC products, and we want to know what you think about it.
 
So, in order:
 
1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?   Yes
2. Do you own any SACDs? Just a couple
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?  1% vs 99%
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC? nope
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?  nope
 
That's it. Please let us know what you think by May 15, 2012 in this thread to enter for your chance to win a Schiit Bifrost with USB. We'll announce the winner, chosen by random drawing, within a few days afterwards.
 
Thanks to all in advance for participating! 
 
All the best,
 
Jason Stoddard
Co-Founder
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Apr 23, 2012 at 9:05 PM Post #178 of 333
 
Quote:
jason stoddard said:
 
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?
N/A
 
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?
$2.41
 
 
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Apr 23, 2012 at 9:11 PM Post #179 of 333
 
Here you go Jason. Hope this helps. Let us know what the overall consensus is.
 
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? - Approx 5% - All of my CD's have been ripped to lossless audio files. Still play physical SACDs.
 
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?
It would not be a consideration.  To be honest, most of my SACD's are available from HDTracks as HiRes downloads. I'm slowly replacing my SACD's with these downloads.
 
 
Apr 23, 2012 at 11:30 PM Post #180 of 333
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?

SACD 0%, CD 2%, Files 98%

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?

I likely would not pay for such an upgrade.
 
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