tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1391900640831782659.post5128700561698525465..comments2023-04-08T02:31:09.707-07:00Comments on Music Life: New SACD'sRon Kanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07085455226260859567noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1391900640831782659.post-8246236208291811752010-05-03T09:34:23.796-07:002010-05-03T09:34:23.796-07:00I have enjoyed picking up SACD's because of ho...I have enjoyed picking up SACD's because of how the re-mastering sounds. Everything is now much clearer than on previous issues (such as The Moody Blues, for instance).<br /><br />Can't really see setting up a 5.1 system at my house, unless all the perfect equipment was available: for instance, a combo DVD / SACD player, designed as an audio-only machine. Did such a machine ever exist?Ron Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07085455226260859567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1391900640831782659.post-38142354753133530312010-05-03T08:38:53.796-07:002010-05-03T08:38:53.796-07:00I have a single hi-res audio disc in DVD-audio for...I have a single hi-res audio disc in DVD-audio format and only because it differs radically in mix from the original format. [Simple Minds - New Gold Dream]. Otherwise I have no time for newer, better-sounding disc formats. Besides, 40+ year old classic rock master tapes have been shake and baked so many times now that they all virtually count as remixes for any new remasters. If the SM disc were SACD, there is zero chance that I would have bought it. At least I can listen to the DVD-Audio on my DVD player, albeit in stereo. Like you, I never got sucked into surround sound... and I never will! There is zero chance of springing for the requisite rig - my house is simply too small to have surround sound!<br /><br />Besides, when I remaster from vinyl, I have tried all of the hi-res formats. The only difference my 46 years old ears (treated with care - most concerts attended were with earplugs) can hear is the difference between 16 and 24 bit depth. So I master from vinyl in 44.1/24. It sounds slightly richer than 44.1/16 [CD audio]. I am not capable of discerning the increased resolution from 44.1 to 96 KHz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com