SACD makes stand at the Tokyo Int'l Audio Show

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited October 2008 in 2 Channel Audio
New Luxman SACD/CD player....

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New McIntosh SACD/CD player....

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New Accuphase SACD/CD player....

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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited October 2008
    New Mark Levinson SACD player....

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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited October 2008
    Thanks Danny Tse
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited October 2008
    Denon's US$7,600 flagship SACD/CD player....

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,559
    edited October 2008
    SACD is dead, my ****.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited October 2008
    SACD seems to be thriving in many foreign markets, the bean counters at Sony are smiling.

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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited October 2008
    Nice, but let's be honest it needs to be a in general Q public face somewhat anyway. Nothing I see above falls into that category.

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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited October 2008
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    Nice, but let's be honest it needs to be a in general Q public face somewhat anyway. Nothing I see above falls into that category.

    I think physical mediums for music, such as SACD, have basically gone the way of the dodo bird. Most people nowadays listen to their music either through their computers or their iPods. We, even those of us who listen to music on CD, are considered dinosaurs. However, I believe there're still enough of us around the world that care enough for the hardware manufacturers to make machines for us to play our music. Given the shift in the marketplace and the "format war" with DVD-A and DualDisc, it's amazing that SACD will be celebrating its 10th anniversary next year. I hope we will see more affordable SACD-capable players in this coming year.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited October 2008
    Oh, by the way, here're a couple of pics from a Tokyo music store carrying SACD....I see SACD of the Bryds' "Greatest Hits" (on top of what looks like Boston's debut album) and Mariah Carey's "#1s". Hmmm....those headphones at the listening station looks like Sony MDR-V6s

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,559
    edited October 2008
    Wouldn't I just love to see a display like that at the local music shops!?!
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited October 2008
    Ain't that the truth.

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    Parasound Halo A23
    Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
    Pioneer 79Avi DVD
    Sony CX400 CD changer
    Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
    WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR


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  • Midnite Mick
    Midnite Mick Posts: 1,591
    edited October 2008
    I am going to be in the market in the next 6 months or so. I have no experience with SACD. Would I be sacrificing redbook in my quest for a player that will do sacd as well?

    Thanks,
    Mike
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited October 2008
    SACD will never be dead just like vinyl. It's good to see dedicated SACD players on display. Thanks for the pics Danny.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,337
    edited October 2008
    SACD will be around for a while. It's for the high end crowd, but there are some nice bargin players out there. I don't think that I could afford any of those players at the audio show.:(
    Carl

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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited October 2008
    If you stop wasting all your dough on necessaties that you just use up and have to buy again you could, go on a friggen hunger strike for goodness sakes. I can send you some pine cones and leaves to take care of your paper needs.

    RT1
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited October 2008
    Midnite Mick wrote: »
    I am going to be in the market in the next 6 months or so. I have no experience with SACD. Would I be sacrificing redbook in my quest for a player that will do sacd as well?

    Thanks,
    Mike

    Each machine is different so it is subjective. Unless your going high dollar with a machine that has circuitry totally seperate for each format then I would have a machine for sacd and then redbook player designed to only that.

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited October 2008
    Midnite Mick wrote: »
    I am going to be in the market in the next 6 months or so. I have no experience with SACD. Would I be sacrificing redbook in my quest for a player that will do sacd as well?

    Thanks,
    Mike

    Mike I have a standalone redbook player that I love. I use a Denon 2900 with a Musical Fidelity tube buffer for SACD/DVD-
    A and I am very happy with the results. Granted the Denon isn't a kw player but it gets the job done for the money paid for it.
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