Sacd question

minime
minime Posts: 42
edited November 2005 in Electronics
just bought my first sacd (Jeff Beck blow by blow) and was wondering do all sacd's have 5.1 because i have a samsung 841 hd and it want let me change it to any other channels only 2 ch. and if it is only a 2 channel cd how do you know if a sacd is 5.1 or not,theres nothing on the case that tell you any info about that.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2005
    Minime,

    No, all SACD do not have a multi-channel track. Turn your jewel case over, you will see something like SACD Stero for the Jeff Beck.

    There are basically three types of SACD.

    1. SACD Stereo==plays two channel only
    2. SACD Stereo and Surround==plays either two channel or multi=channel as selected
    3. SACD Hybrid==plays SACD stereo, surround and as a regular redbook CD on any player. Someone once reported they made SACD Surround only discs but I have never come across this animal.

    Enjoy the high resolution music its outstanding.

    RT1
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  • DonVito
    DonVito Posts: 4
    edited November 2005
    Also, are you running them with multi-channel hookups? There is one for every channel on the back of your receiver. You don't get SACD from digital coax or fiber optic.
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  • minime
    minime Posts: 42
    edited November 2005
    yes i have all the cables hooked up and this sacd doesn't sound very good at all.I hope all the older reproductions don't sound this bad.
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,093
    edited November 2005
    IMO that's the reason SACD & DVD-AUDIO are having a hard time taking off. There are a lot of bad mixes & re-mixes of the originals. I've bought a few SACD & only came across a couple that sounded any good. Pink Floyd DSOTM & Nora Jones come to mind. I really think they are both dying formats.
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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  • minime
    minime Posts: 42
    edited November 2005
    Thanks for the info
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,779
    edited November 2005
    minime wrote:
    yes i have all the cables hooked up and this sacd doesn't sound very good at all.I hope all the older reproductions don't sound this bad.

    What player are you using? What other gear and speakers is it hooked up to? If you're expecting a $200 SACD player hooked up to a AVR to sound wonderful, forget it. You need gear capable of reproducing hi-rez to take full advantage of it.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited November 2005
    minime wrote:
    yes i have all the cables hooked up and this sacd doesn't sound very good at all.I hope all the older reproductions don't sound this bad.

    Hmmm...."Blow By Blow" is one of the top recommendations at sa-cd.net (bottom left)
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  • minime
    minime Posts: 42
    edited November 2005
    where i made my screw-up was i didn't buy the multi channel sacd i bought the 2ch and i can tell you it doesn't sound very good at all
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  • gshisme
    gshisme Posts: 1,038
    edited November 2005
    F1nut wrote:
    What player are you using? What other gear and speakers is it hooked up to? If you're expecting a $200 SACD player hooked up to a AVR to sound wonderful, forget it. You need gear capable of reproducing hi-rez to take full advantage of it.



    YUP! I'll second that!
    suds, suds and more suds!
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2005
    OK Mini,

    How much you want for that POS SACD?

    RT1
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  • minime
    minime Posts: 42
    edited November 2005
    so what your telling me is the samsung 841 is a piece of **** for playback of sacd? Whats a good dvd player that does sacd
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  • minime
    minime Posts: 42
    edited November 2005
    and if your serious ill take what i paid for it 15 us
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2005
    I seem to remember the Samsung in some sort of write up in one of the mags. It did pretty good. Many folks start off with the multi-sacd's then sort of work their way back to two channel. DSOTM is recorded well in multi-channel, if you like jazz, Diana Krall has some nice ones, Norah Jones, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Elton John--GBYBR just to name a few. The Eagles--Hotel Cal. on DVD-A, Queen on DVD-A and Fleetwood Mac Rumours DVD-A are good multi-channel mixes.

    What kind of receiver are you using?

    Send me a pm with your address to send you the fifteen bucks.

    RT1
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  • byrdman7
    byrdman7 Posts: 14
    edited November 2005
    The Jeff Beck-Blow By Blow is both stereo and Multi-Channel. It is a great sounding SACD in both modes and is not a Hybrid.. I also purchased a Samsung HD841 early on and it was not a good buy. It died after (3) months and never sounded that good while it was alive. I own quite a few SACD Multi-Channel disc that are not Hybrid. Train-My Private Nation, Peter White-Glow, Gloria Estefan-Greatest Hits, and Aerosmith-Toys In The Attic to name a few. I agree that Hi-Res is not a huge mass market winner, but the format is far from dead, I personally have over (200) SACD/DVD Audio titles in my collection, they all sound better than the Red Book CD's without exception. It does require electronics in the upper middle class to get the full benefit of the Hi-Res format which I reached purchasing a Yamaha player for my system. I hope my input helps.
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