SACD Players in 2025?

[Redacted]

In some countries it is a crime to defeat DRM mechanisms - but I really don't care what you do, I'm not moralising...
Enjoy your SACD rips!

 

[Roland68]

In some countries it is a crime to defeat DRM mechanisms - but I really don't care what you do, I'm not moralising...
Enjoy your SACD rips!

Lucky for me that I have no interest in spending extra money to get DSD data! Happy to rip used CDs for as little as £5 from discogs!

Hasn't ripping any music CDs been illegal in the UK since 2015?
On the 17 July 2015 a further judgment was issued quashing the exception, with the effect that acts of private copying which would have fallen under the exception, now constitute acts of infringement.

 

[TLEDDY]

Reichert in Stereophile Vol 48#6 says that every CD player has a distinct sonic flavor.

I have owned many over the years - the earliest, inexpensive, players sounded “hard” but as the engineering improved, I couldn’t distinguish among well designed players.

What is Reichert hearing that I do not??

 

[xray]

What is Reichert hearing that I do not??

He's hearing the call to please advertisers

 

[Roland68]

Reichert in Stereophile Vol 48#6 says that every CD player has a distinct sonic flavor.

I have owned many over the years - the earliest, inexpensive, players sounded “hard” but as the engineering improved, I couldn’t distinguish among well designed players.

What is Reichert hearing that I do not??

The problem isn't what he hears; the problem is what he sees while listening.
I’ve seen plenty of people like him whose worlds fell apart when they could no longer see the equipment they were listening to.