Listening to my one and only SACD on my D301- PDB oddo

afterburnt
afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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Dark Side of the Moon is pretty mind bending after hearing it six ways to Sunday cubed, it is a thing of beauty. Can anyone explain PCM and DSD to a simpleton? Also is there any other must have SACD, I doubt I would buy another but maybe there is some stuff on HDtracks that I would buy because physical media is so last week.
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  • whgarrett1394
    whgarrett1394 Posts: 217
    Are you listening to the Dark Side in surround? I would recommend Wish You Were Here on SACD. Its quite a bit more expensive though. Elton John's hybrids are inexpensive and very well done in my opinion.

    I think of PCM, otherwise known as LPCM, as the basic language of a digital audio signal.

    DSD is a completely different type of language that I believe has a depth of only 1 bit and sampling frequency measured in MHz as opposed to KHz.

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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    is one better than the other? I will look for those recordings thanks
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Oh yeah Darkside in surround
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  • whgarrett1394
    whgarrett1394 Posts: 217
    I am in the camp that believes the difference is negligible especially with pcm @ 24bit/192kHz vs DSD.

    I think that a well mastered recording as well as good components will yield more measurable difference than format.

    I really enjoy Dire Straits Brothers In Arms on SACD too. Fairly cheap.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    Wish You Were Here is pretty good in 5.1 too.
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,018
    +1 BIA. For awhile Knopfler's Shangri-La was really cheap, less than $5 IIRC, although apparently not anymore. Keep your eyes peeled for deals when they come around. Norah Jones Come Away With Me is usually pretty cheap SACD on used market and well worth it IMHO.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    whgarrett1394 wrote: »
    I think that a well mastered recording as well as good components will yield more measurable difference than format.
    .

    Amen brother....I would subscribe to that also.
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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 2,553
    A well recorded and mastered SACD or DVD Audio is pure magic - nothing comes close, IMHO. In SACD, try Patricia Barber - Cafe Blue, Steely Dan - Gaucho, The Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To the Streets. In DVD Audio (The superior format, I think), try Fleetwood Mac - Rumors, Clapton & BB King - Ridin' With the King, and Donald Fagen - Nightfly.
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  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 3,057
    I'll second Elton John esp Madman Across The Water. For a live recording Allman Bros at Filmore East is pretty good too.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    The yellow jackets altered state well worth eight bucks at Amazon
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    daddyjt wrote: »
    A well recorded and mastered SACD or DVD Audio is pure magic - nothing comes close, IMHO. In SACD, try Patricia Barber - Cafe Blue, Steely Dan - Gaucho, The Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To the Streets. In DVD Audio (The superior format, I think), try Fleetwood Mac - Rumors, Clapton & BB King - Ridin' With the King, and Donald Fagen - Nightfly.

    Ridin' with the King is an EXCELLENT CD, I should check out the DVDA of it.

    I'm just sayin' Mariah Carry's 'One's' album on SACD is pretty freakin' good. I'm not even a fan, but that woman had a range on her.
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