Sources for DVD-A and SACD
quadzilla
Posts: 1,543
Hi,
What sources are people using for SACD and DVD-A? Digging through all the google links is kind of time consuming, so if people have some good sources, please share. If the thread goes any where, it might even be worth making sticky...
What sources are people using for SACD and DVD-A? Digging through all the google links is kind of time consuming, so if people have some good sources, please share. If the thread goes any where, it might even be worth making sticky...
Turntable: Empire 208
Arm: Rega 300
Cart: Shelter 501 III
Phono Pre: dsachs consulting
Digital: Marantz SACD 30n
Pre: Conrad Johnson ET3 SE
Amp: Conrad Johnson Premier 350
Cables: Cardas Neutral Reference
Speakers: SDA 2.3TL, heavily modified
Arm: Rega 300
Cart: Shelter 501 III
Phono Pre: dsachs consulting
Digital: Marantz SACD 30n
Pre: Conrad Johnson ET3 SE
Amp: Conrad Johnson Premier 350
Cables: Cardas Neutral Reference
Speakers: SDA 2.3TL, heavily modified
Post edited by quadzilla on
Comments
-
I use Frys and Amazon for SACDSpeakers: SDA-1C (most all the goodies)
Preamp: Joule Electra LA-150 MKII SE
Amp: Wright WPA 50-50 EAT KT88s
Analog: Marantz TT-15S1 MBS Glider SL| Wright WPP100C Amperex BB 6er5 and 7316 & WPM-100 SUT
Digital: Mac mini 2.3GHz dual-core i5 8g RAM 1.5 TB HDD Music Server Amarra (memory play) - USB - W4S DAC 2
Cables: Mits S3 IC and Spk cables| PS Audio PCs -
-
Music Direct
Acoustic Sounds
Elusive Disc
are some more. -
I am going to recommend a couple of overseas SACD e-tailers.....
hifi-cd.com
This is a Hong Kong-based e-tailer that I've been using for the last 3 years, if not more. I know some people are wary of buying anything from that region of the world, but hifi-cd.com is the real deal. On its website are many SACD titles that are hard-to-find or unavailable in the US. Shipping is about US$3.00 per disc and they ship really fast....in my case, usually around one week from HK to California. One time, I ordered a SACD that inadvertently got loose within the jewel case and got lightly scratched on the play side of the disc. Hifi-cd.com replaced the SACD without question after I e-mailed them. I believe Club Polk member fatchowmein is also a satisfied customer as well.
HMV Japan
Since many SACD are only released in Japan, this is a great source for these titles. However, it has also become a great source for getting Japanese editions of hard-to-find US SACD titles, such as the SACD of Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Couldn't Stand the Weather". Shipping is very fast as well. Prices are kind of high but that's the nature of the Japanese music market. -
Danny,
I have also used the Hifi-cd site with good results.
RT1 -
Thanks for the info guys.
-
I am going to recommend a couple of overseas SACD e-tailers.....
hifi-cd.com
This is a Hong Kong-based e-tailer that I've been using for the last 3 years, if not more. I know some people are wary of buying anything from that region of the world, but hifi-cd.com is the real deal. On its website are many SACD titles that are hard-to-find or unavailable in the US. Shipping is about US$3.00 per disc and they ship really fast....in my case, usually around one week from HK to California. One time, I ordered a SACD that inadvertently got loose within the jewel case and got lightly scratched on the play side of the disc. Hifi-cd.com replaced the SACD without question after I e-mailed them. I believe Club Polk member fatchowmein is also a satisfied customer as well.
HMV Japan
Since many SACD are only released in Japan, this is a great source for these titles. However, it has also become a great source for getting Japanese editions of hard-to-find US SACD titles, such as the SACD of Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Couldn't Stand the Weather". Shipping is very fast as well. Prices are kind of high but that's the nature of the Japanese music market.
HOLY CRAP! SRV ON SACD? Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you (repeat about another infinity times)
/me scurries off to HMV
Been using mostly amazon. Fry's doesn't seem to have very much in their stores, and I've never been brave enough to order anything from them on line considering the heinous service I get in person.Turntable: Empire 208
Arm: Rega 300
Cart: Shelter 501 III
Phono Pre: dsachs consulting
Digital: Marantz SACD 30n
Pre: Conrad Johnson ET3 SE
Amp: Conrad Johnson Premier 350
Cables: Cardas Neutral Reference
Speakers: SDA 2.3TL, heavily modified -
Originally Posted by quadzilla
I'm so happy I found the ignore list. Though in my mind, it will always be the "**** nozzle" list. You guys really need to keep up the whole junior high school-grade-paranoid-angsty-hateful-clique crap. It's very gen-x. Comments in the for sale forum like "this is not a forum for selling goods" just make me fall out of my chair laughing. They really do. Convinces me these people are talking just to hear themselves, but even they don't listen to themselves because they're so childish and boring.
One thing I definitely won't be buying now, due to his attitude here, is ben62670's cables. Congrats dude, you lost multiple sales. I'd use lamp cord and monster before I bought from you. And considering that I found out about your cables through this forum, where you posted some for sale, well, the hypocrisy is mind-boggling, to say the least.
There. Now I've had my say. From now on, anyone that **** because someone posted something for sale, but had not yet begged the approval of the great and mighty Polk Forum Clique Leaders goes on the **** nozzle list and then we can all just ignore each other and life will be beautiful, birds will sing, and just perhaps, upon occasion, the heavens will open and an angel will deign to sing the occasional hosanna, that we may bask in the glory.
....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 -
wow I am kind of freaked out.
RT1 -
Turntable: Empire 208
Arm: Rega 300
Cart: Shelter 501 III
Phono Pre: dsachs consulting
Digital: Marantz SACD 30n
Pre: Conrad Johnson ET3 SE
Amp: Conrad Johnson Premier 350
Cables: Cardas Neutral Reference
Speakers: SDA 2.3TL, heavily modified -
Recognize anyone?
Well, whadda know......it's a pic of you.
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 -
....
Yeah, don;t ya love people who are complete asses and then want help. I really hate passive/aggressive types."Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
