Now I understand what all the hoopla is about.

specd_out
specd_out Posts: 505
edited June 2013 in Electronics
SACD is awesome

sadly my Panny 210 bluray died the other day so I had to purchase a new player. I decided I wanted to step up and get something better. Oppo would be great but I dont want to spend $300+ and the fact that I work for Best Buy and I can get stuff stupid cheap, I decided to give the Elite players a shot.

I ended up getting a bdp-52fd open item for just under $100 with 4 yr warranty. Its a multi player so it does sacd dvd-a as well as the standard media.

My wife had a hybrid copy of Norah Jones Come Away with me and I popped it in. I am so impressed. I havent even played it on my lsi system yet, just my rti's. I am kicking myself for not getting one earlier.

So now I am on to buying some sacds
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,640
    edited June 2013
    Its always a pleasure to read a great outcome. Enjoy your new sacd :)
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  • Bob in WI
    Bob in WI Posts: 155
    edited June 2013
    so, you think its the new player or the better recordings (SACD) or both?
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  • specd_out
    specd_out Posts: 505
    edited June 2013
    Bob in WI wrote: »
    so, you think its the new player or the better recordings (SACD) or both?

    Its the sacd for sure. The Bluray outputs bitstream so in theory the AVR is still doing the decoding so the player shouldnt have much of an effect on the sound
    HT Rig Samsung 64F8500 |Pioneer Elite BDP-52FD|Pioneer Elite VSX-32| Two Carver TFM-15cb Bridged for mains|Polk Audio RTiA5 Cherry|Polk Audio CsiA6 Cherry|Polk Audio T-15 Heights|Polk Audio FXia6 Surround|DIY 8cuft Dayton Ultimax 15" powered with a Crown XLS1000
    2Channel Rig Polk Audio LSi9 Cherry| Carver C-1BillD Mod|Carver M1.0t MkII Opt2|Pro-ject RM 1.3|SpeedBox S|AQ King Cobras|AQ Rocket88|
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    edited June 2013
    Congrats!
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,967
    edited June 2013
    It all starts at the quality of the recording gents.
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    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited June 2013
    SACD does have a very nice sound, so congrats!
    Jake
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  • xjghost
    xjghost Posts: 1,103
    edited June 2013
    tonyb wrote: »
    It all starts at the quality of the recording gents.

    No Doubt. One of my biggest issues with new music. Sometimes they don't sound good no matter how good the music is. I'm out of the loop on the new stuff. Need to do some research.
    HT/2Channel: Emotiva MMC-1, Adcom GFA-555II, Polk SDA 3.1's, Teac TN-300 TT, Polk Center and Sub.

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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,727
    edited June 2013
    Yeah, wait until you get a really good SACD discs in there. That Norah Jones recording is ok, but it's not a reference recording IMO.
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  • Bob1947
    Bob1947 Posts: 39
    edited June 2013
    You know what you like and you like what you know. Enjoy the elite! Pleenty of time for an Oppo.
    Regards, Bob

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    Marantz UD 7006 7.1 Blue Ray/CD/DVD Player
    Marantz SR 7007 HT Procesor
    Polk LSiM 705 Fronts
    Polk LSiM 706c Center
    Polk LSiM 703 Rear
    Klipsch RW12D Sub
    Music Hall 5.1 SE TT
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited June 2013
    Congrats! I love SACD!
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  • xsmi
    xsmi Posts: 1,798
    edited June 2013
    Is there a way to get DSD info through the analog outputs? Does it make sense to have sacd without DSD?
    2-channelBelles 22A Pre, Emotiva XPA-2 Gen 2, Marantz SA8005, Pro-Ject RPM-10 Turntable, Pro-Ject Phono Box DS3B, Polk Audio Legend L800's, AudioQuest Cable throughout.
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  • xsmi
    xsmi Posts: 1,798
    edited June 2013
    One more thing, will DSD only come over hdmi or will it work with the standard digital input.
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  • eclypse
    eclypse Posts: 595
    edited June 2013
    Damn.. sounds like I need to start getting aggressive on moving some stuff out of the closet on the net so I can grab a SACD player. I'd prob go with a OPPO 103 if had the chance.

    The real question is.. whats some of the best SACDs out there?
    Full 5 channel set of Polk Audio
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    Center - LSiM 706c
    Sides - LSiM 703
    Mits WD-82842 82" DLP 3DTV
    Denon AVR-3313CI Receiver
    Emotiva stealth DC-1
    Emotiva XPA-2/Fronts XPA-3 Center-surrounds
    Oppo 103

    Loving the new Family! :)
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited June 2013
    xsmi wrote: »
    Is there a way to get DSD info through the analog outputs? Does it make sense to have sacd without DSD?

    Yes, DSD can come through on analog outputs.

    SACD's high resolution layer is already encoded in DSD. Therefore, the player can do the decoding to analog or output the DSD bitstream, by HDMI, to a HT receiver that can do the decoding.
    xsmi wrote: »
    One more thing, will DSD only come over hdmi or will it work with the standard digital input.

    DSD will only be output by HDMI (version 1.2 or above....I believe the latest HDMI version is 1.4)
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  • xsmi
    xsmi Posts: 1,798
    edited June 2013
    Picked up a cheap player last night. Now, where do I buy disks?
    2-channelBelles 22A Pre, Emotiva XPA-2 Gen 2, Marantz SA8005, Pro-Ject RPM-10 Turntable, Pro-Ject Phono Box DS3B, Polk Audio Legend L800's, AudioQuest Cable throughout.
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