Ultimate Megachanger?

JimAckley
JimAckley Posts: 1,138
edited February 2011 in Electronics
Is there a good megachanger (400ish disc) out there that does CDs, SACDs, DVD, DVD-Audio, and Bluray? I suppose I'm kinda looking for a be-all-end-all player.
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited February 2011
    Sony?
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,326
    edited February 2011
    No Sony doesn't make one that can do all that , if they did I would already own it.

    I would love to have this dream mega changer. The Sony Blu ray es model is close but doesn't do any of the older SACD or DVD audio disc's. DVD audio was a competitor of SACD so Sony wouldn't support that format. Sucks maybe Kenwood would have made something like this or Pioneer ELite.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited February 2011
    It's called a hard drive, isn't it? Ha ha, hardy har.
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  • JimAckley
    JimAckley Posts: 1,138
    edited February 2011
    The two sales I've seen of megachangers lately kinda sparked the idea. Is there at least a single-disc unit out there?
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  • JimAckley
    JimAckley Posts: 1,138
    edited February 2011
    And I have thought of doing another HTPC build Russ, but wanted to research all of my avenues first
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited February 2011
    JimAckley wrote: »
    The two sales I've seen of megachangers lately kinda sparked the idea. Is there at least a single-disc unit out there?


    A single disc unit that plays all formats? Oppo is one.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,703
    edited February 2011
    JimAckley wrote: »
    I suppose I'm kinda looking for a be-all-end-all player.

    You'll never find it with a mega changer.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited February 2011
    I've never seen or heard of a changer that does DVD-A or BR.That doesn't mean there isn't one though.Good luck in your search.
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • JimAckley
    JimAckley Posts: 1,138
    edited February 2011
    Sounds like Oppo is a winner then. Especially with an eSATA port on the 95. I love the idea that I can just hook my WD external up to the unit. It's a shame noisy makes a multi disc unit...
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited February 2011
    100 Oppo players will fit the bill....kinda expensive, though....
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited February 2011
    JimAckley wrote: »
    Is there a good megachanger (400ish disc) out there that does CDs, SACDs, DVD, DVD-Audio, and Bluray? I suppose I'm kinda looking for a be-all-end-all player.

    Why would you want to get a mega changer that reads all? Are you too lazy to get up to load and unload discs one at a time? :biggrin:

    It's the fun of this hobby to get up and do things before you listen to music.

    You are missing out all the fun if you let the others and mega changer do it for you.

    And there is no be-all and end all anything in this world. Everything changes. :wink:
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  • JimAckley
    JimAckley Posts: 1,138
    edited February 2011
    Pardon my iPhone's AutoIncorrect feature. I meant to say it's a shame nobody makes a multi disc unit.
    Are you too lazy to get up to load and unload discs one at a time?
    Yes, I am!
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  • JimAckley
    JimAckley Posts: 1,138
    edited February 2011
    TNRabbit wrote: »
    100 Oppo players will fit the bill....kinda expensive, though....

    I think $1000/new for a single universal disc-reading machine isn't bad...
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited February 2011
    JimAckley wrote: »
    I think $1000/new for a single universal disc-reading machine isn't bad...

    I am buying the Oppo BD-95 for my two-channel system just to be able to play high resolution music files that are, and will be, released on BR discs.
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
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    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,326
    edited February 2011
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    It's called a hard drive, isn't it? Ha ha, hardy har.

    Is there ripping software for SACD and DVD AUDIO as well as Blu ray , dvd , cd that's legal?

    Then how are you going to replay all these formats ? Your machine would have to have HDMI out maybe pass 1.4 spec.

    It's a dream but is something that could easily done and should have already .
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  • joeparaski
    joeparaski Posts: 1,865
    edited February 2011
    JimAckley wrote: »
    Sounds like Oppo is a winner then. Especially with an eSATA port on the 95. I love the idea that I can just hook my WD external up to the unit. It's a shame noisy makes a multi disc unit...


    Although multi-changers are generally a little noisy when changing discs, I can tell you that the new Sony CX7000ES is the exception. I have 3 Sony CX455 cd players, 1 Sony CX300, 1 Sony DVP CX777ES and a Pioneer PD F1007. The 7000ES is amazingly quiet for a 400 disc player. It plays BluRay, DVD, and CD only. I've got 3 of them...1 to keep and 2 to sell (in case you're interested).

    I like hitting "shuffle" "all discs" and just sit back and listen. I always discover stuff in my collection that I never heard.

    Joe
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  • JimAckley
    JimAckley Posts: 1,138
    edited February 2011
    I'll stop being lazy and just look it up :biggrin:
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,437
    edited February 2011
    Denon had a changer that you could daisy chain additional changers. The DCM-5000 was the controller and the DCM-5001 was that add-on changers. You could chain up to 5 of them for a total of 600 CDs. I don't think they were SACD but they did do HDCD. They were intended for studio use. I saw one on CL a few weeks ago and was tempted.

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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,249
    edited February 2011
    Here you go...http://us.marantz.com/us/Products/Pages/ProductDetails.aspx?CatId=BluRayDVD&SubCatId=0&ProductId=UD9004
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited February 2011
    mantis wrote: »
    Is there ripping software for SACD and DVD AUDIO as well as Blu ray , dvd , cd that's legal?

    Then how are you going to replay all these formats ? Your machine would have to have HDMI out maybe pass 1.4 spec.

    It's a dream but is something that could easily done and should have already .

    I'm done with SACD. DVD audio was never strong. The disks cost too much. There are a lot of HiRez down loadable audio titles starting to come out. The price of Hard Drives is coming down real fast. Being able to have your whole collection on a small device is very appealing.
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