[wickitom]

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? 
90% FLAC 16bit/44kHz
9% FLAC 24bit/88.2&higher
1% SACD
 
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC?
Yes/No, because it is not common on the DACs right now, but it would be nice to have that feature to be able to use instead of buying another DAC.
Thus, an upgrade would be a nice touch to a DAC.
 
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?
If USB upgrade is $100/$150, I would consider the SACD/DSD upgrade be something in the range of $300-$400.

 

[BobVA]

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1. Are you familiar with SACD? Yes DSD? No
2. Do you own any SACDs? Yes
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files? 2%/90%/8%
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?N/A
 
 Cheers,
Bob
 

 

[amham]

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?
10% SACD,85%CD,5% files
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC? 
yes, if available
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?
$300-400

 

[sum1]

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1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?
YES, only SACD
2. Do you own any SACDs? 
YES
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?
2% SACD, 5% CD, 93% Files
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
 

 

[Toob-Toob]

1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?
Yes and yes.
 
2. Do you own any SACDs?
A handful (no player)
 
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?
I toss out discs; 5% HD tracks and 95% red book
 
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC?
It has not in the past due to lack of SACD player; it certainly could be is #5 comes to see the light
 
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?
In a heartbeat; ~$300

 

[smoothtalker]

1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?
NO
 
2. Do you own any SACDs? 
Absolutely.
 
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?
5% SACD vs 50% CD vs 45% digital files
 
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC? 
No? Violectric, Benchmark, Grace design, Burson, etc didn't make it big because of SACD/DSD. =)
 
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?
No. $0. Because I'll have one once after i won your Bifrost. i believe so. =)

 

[jupitreas]

1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?
Yes, I am.
 
2. Do you own any SACDs? 
I do not currently own any physical mediums at all.
 
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?
My entire collection is files.
 
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC?
No, although for the sake of universality, it would be nice to have this functionality. I don't expect to ever use it, but one never knows...
 
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?
I would not pay anything for the upgrade. There is no evidence that SACD/DSD is audibly superior to PCM, so I would consider it a waste of money.

 

[Syliano]

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?
-
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC? 
Not at al.
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?
Nothing, not really interested in SACD to be honest. 

 

[Slab]

1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?
yes and yes
2. Do you own any SACDs? 
yes, and a player as well.
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?
5% SACD, 85% CD, 10% files
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC? 
It was not but perhaps it should have been/will be going forward.
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?
I would hope to keep it in the $100-$150 range.

 

[carton132]

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1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?  Yes.
 
2. Do you own any SACDs?   Not anymore.  I owned a few, player died, never replaced, sold the discs.
 
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?  95% CDs ripped to FLAC, 5% HD FLAC downloads (HDTracks).
 
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC?  Not at this time.
 
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?  I probably would not pay for an SACD/DSD upgrade at this time.  My current listening habits are almost entirely based around a computer source, either with CDs I've ripped or high-res downloads, with some records thrown in here and there.  Because I'm mostly computer-based, my main concerns with a DAC are 24/192 over USB and that's about it!
 
 

 

[tobiascoolie]

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?
5%
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?
It would depend on whether the chips being offered were superior to the ones in my SACD player  

 

[bakalovb]

So, in order:

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

 

[tom2cat]

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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? 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? no
 
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

 

[nycdoi]

1. Are you familiar with SACD? DSD?
Yes.
2. Do you own any SACDs? 
None, most of my musics don't come in SACD format
3. If so, what percentage of your collection is SACD vs CD or files?
0% SACD VS 30% CD vs 70% file
4. Is SACD/DSD decoding an important consideration when you're looking for a DAC? 
Nope, because i don't own any SACD
5. If you owned a DAC that could be upgraded to playing SACD/DSD, what would you pay for the upgrade?
150+/-50 could be a reasonable entry point for me 
 

 

[brokensound]

1. SACD - YES, DSD - NO 
2. No 
3. 0 
4. No 
5. No
 
SACD support is completely unnecessary as I use a computer based system.