The best sounding single layer SACD I've heard—so far—is Beck's Sea Change. Daltrey's solo vocal at times sounds like he's right there in the room with you. 2. The worst-sounding SACD I own is a 5. Editor's Note: SACD and DVD-A player ratings are based on how they sound with their respective hi-rez media, not CD. 13: 13. 00 . DSD512 is not supported, but that’s OK because there are no SACDs (to my knowledge) in either DSD 128 or DSD 512. How do they sound compared to the others. Honky Chateau - UK DJM original vinyl issue DJLPH423. A number of the Sony rock and jazz titles are out of print but sound great. The Doors: The Best of The Doors. 9 -. Mike with a few of his favorite discs. August 17, 2023. It appears that after 2 years the 333 has drifted off a little. S. 11-27-2004 at 09:32am. Michael Hedges. 4 on Chesky. It was established in 1987 as its "consumer" branch. Selecciona el departamento donde deseas realizar tu búsquedaSelect the department you want to search in. It's one of the best sounding surround discs EVER. A+. I have 3 versions of this samba classic from Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto- the Red Book CD, the SACD and the new SHM-SACD. Far too soon to be sure, but it may be the best sounding symphony recording I’ve ever heard. Metralla, Nov 25, 2004. Multi-channel doesn't always mean surround sound. Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR for source, Denali 2000 (2) for amps. It has that "first run" paper cardbox that makes it a bit difficult to release the SACD from the sleeve. A used Oppo 103 would be a great, and flexible, choice for doing that. To play them you need a SACD player. #276 padreken Senior Member Location: San Diego I’ve been listening to quite a few SACD’s lately, so here’s my attempt at a list- Dire Straits-Brothers in Arms,. Cambridge AXC35 CD player: Great Build Quality. net. Nominee: Best Contemporary Jazz Performance. The Best Single-Disc CD Player: Marantz CD6007 Single-disc CD player with USB port. Beck's Sea Change is the best sounding SACD I have. This album includes many great songs as Key to the highway, Keep on growing, Have you ever loved a woman and obviously Layla. 1 2 Next. yasujiro Forum Resident. DVD Benchmark - Product Review - Sony DVP-S9000ES Progressive DVD-V/SACD player - February, 2001. The organ here (Spivey Hall, outside Atlanta, GA) is of the best Ruffatti organs ever built. With estimated sales of. The very best SACD sound is found exactly like the very best CD sound. There are lots of great-sounding modern classical and jazz recordings if you just want the best sound. Some are oop and can be expensive and IMO not worth the cost. I have a ton of old DTS demo CDs/DVDs and holy fuck do they still sound amazing to this day. Apparently, SW also completed Remixing the TFF album, 'The Seeds of Love', but not announced for a release date yet. The Who - Who’s Next SHM SACD. Before I get to far,I just bought my first XRCD and it blows me away. SACD discs can be played on conventional CD players, but they must be connectedUSA. From the Euro version Genesis 1970-1975 box, to PG 1, PG 2, Passion, and Shaking the Tree - the clarity, dynamics, lack of noise, etc is amazing and the cream of a large collection of SACDs. It is on kind loan from a member and costs US $7,499. 1 2 Next. Some of my favorites: John Coltrane - Blue Train. Sonny Clark Trio. Apparently, SW also completed Remixing the TFF album, 'The Seeds of Love', but not announced for a release date yet. I also like listening to the Lord of the Rings. The SHM-SACD is more direct/raw in sound, the Lp more "cotton" in sound. Well, the winner is definitely the SHM, but only by the slimmest of margins; hearing these SHM SACDs is like waaay back in the day, when I’d spring for a Japanese. For ideas for item 2 - Your 25 Best Sounding SACDs As with CDs, it is about the mastering, so it is best to only buy from mastering engineers/labels you trust. The Coronation of King George II, Hyperion. and MoFi did an SACD re-issue which apparently is the best out. Both Floyds I did not enjoy the two channel mastering's Good thread with quite a few opinions/recs Your 25 Best. Dream On, May 3, 2012. I just ordered the three Art Pepper AP"R" SACDs from Acoustic Sounds. Miles Davis - Someday My Prince will Come, Seven Steps to Heaven (Worth getting for the 3 channel mixes though) The Doug Sax mastered titles are good if he gets the right tapes and don't have added reverb. The early non-barcode DJM CD also sounds very good to me and close to the vinyl. This is based on pic. 0 (perhaps 5. This is Sony's third generation reference DVD player. Editor's Note: SACD and DVD-A player ratings are based on how they sound with their respective hi-rez media, not CD. 8 6. The best sounding SACD that I own. Have previously listened to Krell SACD Standard, Marantz SA11s2, ATC CD2 and Accuphase (can't remember which model but it was meant to be comparable to the Marantz SA11s2 at the time. On the Analogue Productions SACD, the treble cacophony is bathed in a cushion of hall ambience that is far more realistic and less strident. Of the 3 discs I have from them,. All of which are highly variable and usually disappointing. By The Oregon Symphony. I’ve owned a lot of high-end DVD players during the SD era, several $3,000 plus models from the likes of Denon, Panasonic, and EAD. The best budget sacd player features a separate stereo output that may be linked to an amplifier for the best possible sound. The Eighty Eight's is an audiophile label that does stereo only, single-layer SACD's. The good news is that it can be found really cheap. Delivering to Lebanon 66952 Choose location for most accurate options All. 00 . 00. Most of the SACD players available from other parts of the world use transports sourced from Japanese companies. Bring on more rock/pop I say!! Wonderful label. It's not the same as Caravan one (see Post #1077). IMO you can't go wrong with any of the AP Blue Note SACD's mastered by Steve; easily better than any of the RVG-editions. First 1000 copies of each title will be individually numbered. Therefore, since the DVD-A can play in my car in 5. In my opinion the only butchered digital releases for Dire Straits are the BIA original SACD or DVD Audio (sound) and the Vertigo S/T (decent sound but edits used for no apparent reason). Bill, I'm not a fanatic about sound quality (what am I doing here, I really just love music, and if I can hear everything clearly that's great), though I have to say I actually like the sound on that SACD a lot. There’s also a run of Blu-ray/SACD combo players with a specific chip that can run a hack that will stream the data after decryption. Music-wise, you get exactly what the title says-an album filled with great delta blues. For what it's worth, I didn't like the 1992 gold CD very much and find that the latest 2013 remixes released as Hi-Res downloads (mono + stereo) are the best-sounding ones. #338. I like to show-off my Wilson Audio W/P6s and Krell 350mcx to friends and try to get them to understand the rush of high-end audio, and I have to some degree, but what SACD's out there that are recorded best! Something that will really make them melt with goose-bumps. For the best sound, play the SACD but this is a nice addition and worth a watch. But for me, it sound more correct in absolute terms, the guitars sounds more open and has more "bite" to it. Recommended!Patricia Barber Cafe Blue. Take the money youd spend on SACDs in the next five years and buy the best cd player you can afford. George P, Sep 16, 2023. . We also offer the widest variety of major and independent JPop, Visual-kei (J. I just got a pair of paradigm Studio 20's v5, and have rediscovered my SACD & DVD audio collection! 1. . Best Overall: Sony UBP-X700 Streaming 4K Ultra HD 3D Hi-Res Audio Wi-Fi and Built-in Blu-ray Player. The material the CD is made of makes no difference whatsoever. The Drake mastered CD is a good second best. I hear the characteristic warmth of the Stereo Sound transfer. I output the DSD layer from SACDs with my Oppo 105 transport over HDMI into my Bryston DAC, which has HDMI inputs. The Dylan and billy joel MoFIs are almost always the best digital versions of these titles and available cheap. Recommended. Expand all responses; Collapse all responses; Sort . bellwether said: Muswell Hillbillies is the best sounding SACD by the Kinks that I have heard although I never owned it prior to the Hybrid SACD. He made an era-defining swansong, with nearly every track produced by a different luminary of the 2000s: Just Blaze, Kanye West, The Neptunes, Eminem, DJ Quik, Timbaland, 9th Wonder and Rick Rubin. I am learning from this forum that many things go into sound quality of a SACD, but all things being equal my Universal Japan SMH-SACD's. Highway 61 obviously. Modern connectivity options and a superb DAC allowed us to use the Audio Research. This red book edition was the best digital I have heard until I played the SACD. Luxman D-105u CD player. Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Kaspars Putnins. The one acronym which seems germane to the subject and the sound is SACD. I don't think the best SACD players sound like vinyl either,. Add SACDs to basket . The $1200 D-105u, the top of Luxman's CD-player line, is novel in its twin-triode vacuum-tube amplification in the analog output stage. Classical music is obviously made for SACD but that is a different kettle of fish. I'm also inclined to think his best Blue Note work finds him in a sideman role. I have been listening to a few in sheer amazement of how good they can sound. Others collect DVD-Audio and/or DTS CDs. Prestige SACD Series. Many SACD players are also designed/calibrated to deliver better sound from the SACD layer, and not to extract the best possible sound from the normal CD (in many cases some cheaper but good dedicated CD-only player outperforms the more expensive SACD player as far as red book playback is concerned). I see I had two Opus 3 SACDs listed among my favorites. Marantz SA10S1 SA-10 Super Audio CD Player, Black. As of a few years ago, the "safe bet" consensus seemed to be these 3 rules: 1) For the 1960s, get the 2002 ABKCOs 2) For 1970-1994, get the 1994 Virgins 3) Avoid the 2009 Universals Those rules are pretty. #27. Edit. DCS Vilvaldi 4 Stack. Eric Clapton: Slow Hand. Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else. This is some of the very best Jazz inspired Classical music I have ever heard and the very best sounding BIS SACD I have, this is a total joy to listen to! 15. #276 padreken Senior Member Location: San Diego I’ve been listening to quite a few SACD’s lately, so here’s my attempt at a list- Dire Straits-Brothers in Arms, MFSL Dire Straits-Communique, MFSL The Who-Tommy, UMe Roxy Music-Avalon, Virgin Alan Parsons Project-Eye on the Sky, MFSL Diana Krall-The Look of Love, Verve Your 25 Best Sounding SACDs Carpenters - Singles 1969-1981 ( @Bobby Morrow, I have the earlier multi-channel SACD - is the SHM SACD stereo only? I. 0). Mehta & LAPO - The Planets: the XRCD, the SHM-SACD and the Stereo Sound SACD While the XRCD mastered by Alan Yoshida, sounds still fascinating, the SS SACD got the richest texture out of the great recording. Unlike the similar bonus for the Berlioz (above), this is a plain DVD. com. Their jackets are just amazing and you can tell a lot of work is put into the. Sony XA-5400ES SACD. Three were SACD players: the Marantz SA-1, Sony SCD-1, and Sony 777ES. Maine. Most of my SACD's are jazz/vocal/orchestral performances, recordings where the slight smoothing SACD presents makes digital more listenable. Our spotlight is on YouTuber and surround-sound enthusiast Mike Vieira. Best 4K Blu-ray player for audiophiles — Panasonic DP-UB9000P1K. The sound is beautiful, natural, and uncompressed. Showing 1 - 25 of 290 results. Treble is more like heard on the Lp, more natural. Location: Dayton, OH. I was also playing New Favorite by Alison Krauss and Union Station, and the DSOTM disc as well (still no cracks on mine, and it's apparently a Crest. Nat King Cole - The Very Thought Of You. While the new remasters sound really good, the SACDs, mostly dried up, are the best sources for: 1. Art’s Breakaway is one of the best sounding sacd’s I have. Stereo only Hybrid SACD. Subscribe: $29. Claude, Dec 22, 2003 #10. Best budget 4K Blu-ray player — Sony UBP-X700/M. 1-J. I compared this to the AB1006 original, Japanese SHM SACD, high res digital ALAC Apple Music…. com. Location: NYC. I don't think (good) SACD players sound like tubed-output CD players like the Audio Note. The early non-barcode DJM. The SACD format supports multiple audio channels, a very high digital sampling rate, and longer playing time. The SACD release is more analog sounding and sounds very similiar to the best sounding vinyl release. Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder. Spirit of the American Range. Lea opiniones de productos sinceras e imparciales de nuestros usuarios. Cream Wheels Of Fire (1992 DCC GZS (1) 1020: Considered by many to be one of the best sounding CD's. Looking for recommendations on the very best sounding SACD's. Lea opiniones de productos sinceras e imparciales de nuestros usuarios. The Best Digital Players: Transports and SACD Players. 05-31-2023 at 03:41am. 5 45. I don't have many SACDs but the ones I have I really like. So anything from the following classical labels sound wonderful in 5. Keep your fingers crossed that the. This album includes many great songs as Key to the highway, Keep on growing, Have you ever loved a woman and obviously Layla. Long Gone Before Daylight - Cardigans. 1 kHz, 16 bit). The MFSL edition is the best for that album (which is much maligned but quite good). auralone 09-13-2011 11:00pm. Rachel Podger on Channel Classics also sounds wonderful. Details; Discussions; Posts; This discussion; Message User;I am curious which are peoples favorite SACDs. MFSL discs from the Elite Recordings vault would be good for starter. Black Market (Japan) 3. AFAIK, all the Penta tone SACDs are 5. Denon has unveiled its latest high end CD and SACD player for getting the best sound quality from physical media like CDs and SACDs. 3, Peter Maag, London Symphony Orchestra, Decca, Stereo Sound Japan SACD: I hear tape hiss in the opening of Mendelssohn's Fingal's Cave Overture that indicates an analog original recording. One of the best rock 'n roll albums ever, this "recommended to be play loudly" album makes it sound like the band is in your living room. 1 Surround Sound included. Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Ballet Suites 1 & 2, Ma Mère l'Oye, Valse nobles et sentimentales Minnesota Orchestra Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (conductor) Prokofiev:. 1. SACD Dominates Recommended List Stereophile just placed 4 CD players in it's top-rated A-Plus Recommendation List. Hall & Oats: Rock'N Soul Part 1. But there are less expensive alternatives. ---Over at avsforum they have what they call a tier system for the new format discs. I find myself listening to the AP SACD's more often. Just like CDs, the disk adds nothing to the sound, only. A+. But there are less expensive alternatives. Delivering to Lebanon 66952 Choose location for most accurate options CDs & Vinyl. I like the 5. bmoregnr, Feb 6, 2021. All sound amazing. Esoteric is a brand owned by the Japanese company TEAC. Best SACD Players 2023. Top 10: SACDs you can afford to buy. Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria. 0. The SACD of Paris… is reportedly the best sounding version on any format, including OG vinyl. Arcam has provided not only a SACD player, but hi-res streamer and DAC that reads numerous file formats via network, disc, or USB all housed in the same unit. Vea opiniones y calificaciones de opiniones que otros clientes han escrito de Passion en Amazon. Don't need an SACD for that. My favorite Mingus album and a great sounding SACD. I thought $37. In this review I’ll consider three SACD/CD players, from Technics, Arcam, and Yamaha, one of which is brand-new and two of which can also play digital files, either stored locally or streamed. Sony UBP-X800M2 Disc Player – Best Rated Sony SACD Player. . The best SACD player I have owned and probably even heard (at least playing physical media real-time) is the Sony SCD-777ES, which sounded the same to my ear as the SCD-1. Thanks!! The best quality recordings are those recorded and mastered in Direct Stream Digital. Your 25 Best Sounding SACDs Your Favorite MFSL SACDs Your Favorite SHM SACDs Your Favorite Classical SACDs Your Favorite ORG SACDs Your Favorite Dutton Vocalion SACDs Your Favorite Analogue Productions SACDs and CDs Your Favorite Audio Fidelity releases . e. 0. Here are their entries on SA-CD. There is a thread on Steve's Who's Next, but it is long and confusing. If you have the budget, try finding a couple of Eddie Higgins' Venus SACDs from Japan. The best sounding single layer SACD I've heard—so far—is Beck's Sea Change. S. Cannonball Aderley - Somethin Else -AP. 1. Slash's Snakepit - Ain't Life Grand. Pat Metheny, Imaginary Day, is an Amazing sounding DVD audio. Location: PITTSBURGH, PA, USA. Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Kaspars Putnins. One of the best sounding SACDs of classic rock that I have is The Who "Tommy", which is easily the equal to the Elton John titles and the soundfield is incredible. 99 plus $1. Cambridge AXC35 CD player: Great Build Quality. Jeff Beck, Blow by Blow, & Ana Caram Blue Bossa are two of. Another good one. There are moments on the record where it seems impossible that so much music is coming from one man and his guitar. Bob Dylan The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963) This hybrid SACD has the biggest improvement in sound over the original CD release of all the Dylan titles. I know a lot of the Pentatones are old quadrophonic recordings, which I would expect to be 4. SACD players are a different story, but I believe it's all fixable. Details; Discussions; Posts; This discussion; Message User; 128 posts. Icenine1 Forum. 12 posts total. (CBS CD) The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (CBS CD) nikosvault, May 18, 2023. A suggestion to get started is to get some of the current Analogue Productions jazz and MFSL hybrid SACDs. My 25 best sounding SACDs John Coltrane – My Favorite Things - Rhino Chick Corea – Return To Forever Miles Davis – In A Silent Way – CS 86556 Miles Davis – Bitches Brew – SICP 10089-90 Miles Davis – Get Up With It – SIGP 22-23 Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home – MFSL StereoThe answer to that question is a qualified yes. Disc & File Players. Here Are Our Picks for the Best CD Players of 2023: The Best Overall CD Player: McIntosh MCD350 2-Channel SACD/CD Player. CCR SACDs. DR 12. " Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (blistering all-channel electric guitar assault courtesy of Davey Johnston); b) "Rocket Man. I won't cast aspersions on prior suggestions in this thread, but it seems like people are naming their favorite album here more than going with the best-sounding SACDs in Rock and Pop. Roland Stone, Jan 9, 2014. with links to hundreds of customer reviews. stickman451 12-19-2008 7:43pm. T+A’s MP 200 is best thought of as a CD transport plus a Roon-compatible streamer. #338. Bach-Mass In B-Minor (Fatboy), 1985. A used Oppo 103 would be a great, and flexible, choice for doing that. Redbook vs the same SACD, the you-are-there at the studio/hall illusion is better with SACD (DSD). ORG - Original Recordings Group: CORG 0194. Carole King "Tapestry" there are many, many more, but i don't want to be the cause of your family/childern not finding anything under the christmas tree this year. CCR: I like both the DCC and the Analogue Production SACD versions, and both are highly lauded. I need suggestions for the best recorded rock SACDs. Disc & File Players. Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista 300, Audioquest Thunderbird Zero Speaker Cable, Tyler Highland H2, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet. The surround SACD is open and spacious and the surround is just ambience at a fairly low level. . ---Over at avsforum they have what they call a tier system for the new format discs. Regards[/QUOTE] You forgot the e john multi sacd that sound great and are not to pricyBut I’m not interested in SACDs with equal or lower dynamic range than the (original CD). The best sound I heard at CES was from audiophile LPs. The Who - Who’s Next SHM SACD. Sonny Clark Trio. Some of the BMG Living Stereo SACDs are 3 channels (left/center/right), as they are originally intented. We Offer a Wide Variety Of Audiophile Turntables, Cartridges, Phono Stages, Record Cleaners, SACD Players, Speakers, Headphones, Pre-Amps, LP Cleaning Fluids,. monoman said: ↑. Sony UBP-X800M2 Disc Player – Best Rated Sony SACD Player. CCR: I like both the DCC and the Analogue Production SACD versions, and both are highly lauded. The funny thing on the AS site they offer all three for $50. I put this under music because;great sounding sacd is my goal. Captain Fantastic - UK DJM original issue DJLPX1. Nat King Cole - The Very Thought Of You. jh901 Forum Resident. The Quartet's signature sound paired with Multichannel SACD technology goes together beautifully. Most media players can recognize and play standard CD audio files. 1 and stereo for $30 UPC 5099749118461. What's new. Re: Do You Feel This Is One Of The Best SACDs? - Robert C. Allman Bro's Eat A Peach/Fillmore. Bach-Mass In B-Minor (Fatboy), 1985. filter number top left). Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Russell Malone. There is a very sweet sound to the trumpets, and the guitar tones are very detailed with a perfect soundstage, the bass has punch, but not quite as much as the DVD-Audio which has a bit more slam, but a tiny bit less detail. The Blonde on Blonde double-disc digipak SACD, which contains CD layer, Stereo SACD and Multi-channel SACD, is the biggest bargain in the history of recorded music at $14. Try to get the remasters for most of them. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms MFSL. Also the old cd's for John Wesley Harding, Street-Legal (which is also the original mix) and Oh Mercy are worth. I was still unconvinced. But that SACD is amazing because it really. The el-cheapo MCA WHO'S NEXT remastered by our host, Steve Hoffman, still available cheap (as is his MEATY BEATY BIG & BOUNCY) from Canadian websites, including Amazon. What can you suggest? Not crazy about jazz or classical (sorry). These are all about the 5. They use the best analog mastering and manufacturing techniques to deliver audiophile music to people that love music. They release in other formats too and simeltaneously record with other recorders for them. 8 5. I put this under music because;great sounding sacd is my goal. Most new production SACDs sell for around $30-$35, but the SHMs – if you shop at Acoustic Sounds (AS) or Elusive Disc (ED) – retail for $60, even the brand new ones. AFAIK, all the Penta tone SACDs are 5. Copy Comment URL. fluffskul, Jan 16, 2020 #3. There is a stunning richness in songs like "Your Song" and "First Episode at Hienton"; Buckmaster's strings are very nice on "Sixty Years On", as is the acoustic guitar. If your system tends toward a warmer presentation, you may prefer the SACD. Several SHM-SACDs are almost certainly the best sound quality possible for a number of important albums. - Wish you Were Here. Its technology is interesting and could have some benefits as decoding DSD is arguable easier than PCM which would lead to less differences between DACs in DSD sound. Galley, mmars982 and DrZhivago like this. Most of these can be had for $3 or less sometimes. Still, for that price range, I still think the best sound and bang for the buck is with SACD's both stereo or surround sound. So, in summary the whole SHM issue is a marketing ploy IMO. Audiophile Reference Recordings - Australia's only audiophile music store specialising in audiophile quality recordings. Your Favorite Dutton Vocalion SACDs. #3. All their SACD's are DSD recorded. Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers, SPOD spikes. Supertramp - Breakfast In America SHM SACD. YAMAHA CD-S1000BL Natural Sound Super Audio CD Player Black. 127 × 188 mm, in soft covers and dust jacket, published for the first time in 2013, is a collection of articles published between 2003 and 2013 in the Stereo Sound magazine under this title. thxAcoustic Sounds Audiophile Vinyl Records. Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July SHM SACD. Edit. Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else. Developed by Sony and Phillips and introduced in 1999, SACD. Hot Rocks 1964-1971. Army veteran is a huge fan of the Super Audio Compact Disc (SACD) format. In addition, the CDS50 has a modern yet refined aesthetic that looks great and sounds amazing for an. T his new one has more high frequency detail as well as a tighter and. 0. Peter Gabriel: "So". So real and analog, details and nuances. A. . com. 127. 1 surround I have't. They will ship with the WYWH SACD tomorrow. The SACD & DVD-A's 5. STAMPERS:The best (sounding) SACD players show an extra-dimension of realism, a textural "authenticity" that the Audio Note player (and really all CD players) lacked (while playing SACD of course). I especially love the surround sound SACD versions which sound great with 5. For a sleek and minimal home stereo system, opt for this Panasonic model. This just swings and further adds to Oliver's reputation and that of a blistering good Eric Dolphy. 1. Delete. " Those reissues you've heard up until now –. Some feel the MFSL LP of Boston's debut is best, I tend to like the "Wally" Epic mastered at Capitol. Most can be had for $10. I have an original vinyl 1st pressing ABC but wanted this digital edition mostly to rip to my phone. If you want to hear your speakers or headphones sound better than ever, listen to some of the Audiophiliac's best-sounding CDs and SACDs. The Doors: The Best of The Doors. Bill Mac, Oct 22, 2023. Check out al. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Bach Cello Suites - Starker on Mercury Living Presence. I’ll explain in a minute, but first I want to make sure we know what the SACD format is, and what makes it different from a standard compact disc. #3. Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands. SACDs offer DSD64, usually in Stereo as well as surround. And I do think my copy is from the first (and only?) pressings. Antipodes K50: $17,500 The made-in-New Zealand K50 works with Roon as both server and player, Roon as a server with Squeezelite or HQ Player as the player, or Squeeze as a server and Squeezelite as the player. Lang 17:09:43 03/02/06 (0) In Reply to: Do You Feel This Is One Of The Best SACDs? posted by Robertc88 on March 1, 2006 at 03:25:27: Last September some asked recommendations on Inmates "Top 10" SACD classical discs. May 16, 2003 at 7:31 AM Post #9 of 23. The sound is better on both sides of the frequency extremes on the SHM-SACD; bass and treble. New posts New media New media comments Latest activity. I would have mentioned Elton John Madman Across The Water SACD & Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy SACD as being the best in sound to me, but, for the most part this thread is dealing with "This disc is designed for use in super audio CD players only". This is an update to a prior post from early 2021, seen here: Semi-exhaustive "best" mastering list (best sounding versions) I enjoy listening to different versions of albums, and have compiled what I think to be my "preferred" versions. Needless to say, Analogue Productions SACDs of the Steely Dan catalog would become immediate contenders for the best sounding versions of each of these albums. Q Telarc. The question is are the sonics on this SACD worth the hefty price. QQ Top 10 Surround Music Discs of all time!Well I really think so after an all-day shootout with my reference jazz SACDs. 2. As this is also an SACD unit I am tempted to give this format a go, but unsure of what's what. net - Dire Straits: Brothers in ArmsThe Arcam is totally rock solid, and has been flawless in the 3 years I've owned it. . 50 was the better deal.