SDA-SRS... What is better out there?

TroyD

F1nut wrote:

Yep! You'd think after all these years the recording engineers, etc. would ALL know how to make a great recording whether it be vinyl, CD or SACD. The fact is there are bad recordings on all formats just as there are great ones.

As for realizing the potential of SACD or any format, it takes more than entry level gear to do so.

F1 makes two VERY salient points. As for the first, that's very true. There are those who believe that just because it's on vinyl, it's inherently better....not so. I've got vinyl that sucks, I've got CD's that suck and I've got an SACD that sucks. (The SACD layer of Norah Jones is identical to the CD layer so while it doesn't suck it's just not any better)

The second, my comment is that for SACD, I think it takes a greater investment to realize the benefits than it does to appreciate vinyl. The biggest thing with vinyl is proper care and cleaning. Even a basic entry level belt drive TT can sound very good.

Chuck, no joke, redo the crossovers. After hearing Mikes and F1's....no doubt it's a worthwhile investment.

BDT

BlueMDPicker

TroyD wrote:

There are those who believe that just because it's on vinyl, it's inherently better....not so.

+1

I drug well over 500 LPs out of storage this weekend. In the past, I used to shelve them by genre. Now, I shelve them by SQ.

Thanks to Jesse, I'm doing the same thing with my CDs. I alpha sorted them a few months ago (which makes it much easier to lay my hands on the one I'm after.) Jesse gave me a package of protective sleeves for jewel boxes awhile back. Now, the good ones go in a sleeve and back in alpha order. The duds don't get a sleeve.

TroyD

Heh heh...

I sort LP's a few different ways, I have my demo (both rock and classical) LP's.

I have classical sorted by label and I sort the rock alphabetically.

I also have my stack of new ones to be cleaned/sorted.

BDT

madmax

Just remember, a dud on one system is heaven on another... I've gone through this many times. My play list (for quality) changes every time I change a component.

I keep thinking about putting my lp's in some given order but I can't decide which. Is it quietness, perfectness, the ones I enjoy the most (some of horible quality), genre, coolness etc. I'm thinking good old alphebetical order with a PC/PDA program which lets me look at all the different categories and gives me a location to find the lp.

Speaking of the MG's I think you may be correct. I keep thinking of Doro's system and what a TT would sound like on that. I heard Kens R2R setup on it and it was awesome!

HiPerf360

I use the Dewey Decimal system,

I listen to the disc then find the book it correlates best with at my local library then voila; I have a number to assign it.







JK- Alpha works best for me for all of my media, but I do separate music DVDs from movies.

BlueMDPicker

RuSsMaN wrote:

Hales did change names (ownership) from Hales Audio, to Hales Design Group (mid 90's?). I have no idea when Kevin jumped ship. A lot of Hales speakers from '89 all the way up until '98 incorporated open baffle and sealed box designs.

The last of Transcedance models, 1, 5, 8 and Cinema were made in 2000.

I'm still getting a pair, and will stand fast that they will kick the snot out of any SDA.

There's a pair of Hale's Revelation 1 and 3 locally here on Audiogon

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrmoni&1141431389

http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?spkrfull&1141426497