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Hello to everyone. This is a review and test of the Sony SCD-XA9000ES SACD and CD player. It was released in 2003 and cost $3000 at the time. A new version having a marginally modified optical pick-up and servo board and a unique silver finish was released only for the European market area at...

Hello to everyone. This is a review and test of the Sony SCD-555ES SACD and CD player. This is an European and Japan model. It has been released at the end of 2000 and cost around 1,830 euros at the time (about $1,650 of 2000). It has no US equivalent. Part I: Presentation The Sony...

In the never-ending pursuit of perfect playback quality, I’m starting — in my older age — to consider switching from streaming to physical media. For a moment I thought about LPs; I like the playback ritual, but the physical limitations of the format affect sound quality too much. So I began...

Hello to everyone. This is a review and test of the Pioneer DV-868AVi DVD-V/A, SACD and CD player. This is an European model. Its US equivalent is known as the Elite DV-59AVi. Both model actually share the same service manual. There is also a seemingly similar Asian model known as the...

Hello all, Last week I was lucky enough to get my hands on a Marantz SA-14 CD/SACD player. It had some issues with the laser pick-up and I was tasked with fixing it. I think this is the highest end CD player I have ever got my hands on. I think it was around 3000USD back in 2002 or 2003. The...

Hi everybody ! Why opening a thread dedicated to multichannel classical recordings? Because we are on a forum where people care about objectivity and perfection. Let's not forget that stereophonic sound was designed and perfected in the 1930s almost from its birth to be on more than 2 channels...

This is my first post / thread in this forum. I have been reading extensively many sections of this wonderful website and i am glad to be part of the community now. I am interested in finding an affordable solution for a DAC or independent DAP that is capable of outputting multichannel audio...

A concern is often expressed about the effect of Direct Stream Digital (DSD) high frequency (HF) quantization noise on downstream electronics, especially power amplifiers, and the tweeters of loudspeakers. For a quarter of century since the inception of SA-CD, the first carrier of DSD, I have...

From 2013 onward, I began a systematic survey of FFT measurements published by some German Hi-Fi magazines. Those magazines belong to a publisher which runs its own laboratory, thus ensuring consistency in the measurement method...

Is DSD harmful for tweeters & amps?

Both DSD64 and DSD128 conversion adds a potentially euphonic characteristic to the sound.

PCM to DSD = better sound quality?

Regrouping options with similar poll question about digital media source you are listening to ... previously and currently. Thanks for voting.

What kind of digital sources that you commonly listen to ..

Excellent condition with no visible marks or scratches lightly used in an environment with no smoking, pets, or kids. Will ship in original branded cardboard with original remote, power cord, and manual. Asking $875 $800... now $750. Buyer pays fees, shipping and insurance. I think the box...

Hi, folks. As a few of you might remember, I've recently bought a 4k UHD television followed by a Panasonic DP-UB820 player. I'm in the process of designing a new equipment cabinet in an attempt to overcome my wife's objections to the tendency of AV black boxes to procreate when she's not...

Marantz SA7001 CD/SACD player Marantz SA7001 is a nicely built unit of the year 2006 that was capable to play CD and SACD discs. As now, it only plays CD discs for me, so it is only tested as a CD player. Photos of the front and rear view SA7001 has detachable 2-pin IEC mains cord Photos...

ONKYO DV-SP503E universal player I bought this universal player in 2005 and it is still working. It is based on cheap TI PCM1742 D/A converter. It works now only with original CDs (does not read CD-R well), reads DVD and DVD-A and has troubles with SACD. So I restricted my CD measurements to...

I know this is a little random, but I was browsing Wikipedia's pages on High Resolution Audio, DVD-A, and Super Audio CDs recently and noticed something a little interesting: The SACD page leads with mentioning the Audio Engineering Society's double blind test that demonstrated that people could...

I have a iso file with album art etc however when I drag and drop it to JRiver, nothing happens. No error messages. Nothing. Anyone who knows a solution please help me out! Thanks! ☺️