On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:38:31 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/17/16 12:36 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/17/2016 12:11 PM, John H. wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDxGQ5t4lvI

Enjoy.


Telarc has put out a number of Super Audio CD's, this being one of them.

Hopefully, you have a Super Audio CD player (Sony) and
amplifier/receiver that
will accept it's 6 channel output with each channel having a dedicated,
discrete input. The amp/receiver must be then put in direct, 6 channel
mode, (often called "Multi-Channel Input" driving a main left, main
right, center, left rear, right rear and subwoofer. Most Telarc SACD
are hybrid, meaning they will also play on a conventional CD player but
you will lose superior fidelity of a SACD recording. Conventional,
digital "Surround Sound" ... be it 5.1 or 7.1 is *not* SACD.

In addition, SACD's are recorded completely differently than a regular
CD. It's complicated and hard to explain but it uses phase modulation
rather than amplitude modulation. Basically, it's much like the
fidelity difference between AM and FM radio. Many people don't realize
that AM radio's bandwidth is limited to 10Khz which means it can't
broadcast the full audio frequency spectrum that the human ear can
detect. FM, in addition to being frequency modulated rather than
amplitude modulated has a 200Khz bandwidth.

The only negative about SACD's is the limited number of them available
and the fact that Sony is the only manufacturer of SACD players (last I
knew).




My criteria is how much do the "super" CDs sound like a live concert.
The few I have heard on really good sound systems sound over-engineered
to me, sort of like an AUDI car. They sure as hell don't sound like you
are sitting in the expensive seats at a serious music concert.

BTW .. a true "audiophile" (which I am *not*) would be dismayed at the
sight of a bass or treble control or any other circuit that "colors" the
sound of the recording. I am not that far gone with this stuff. Living
rooms and listening areas vary acoustically and really can't duplicate a
concert hall or your local live music hot spot.

I've played with audio stuff for years but have pretty much lost
interest in it. I am cleaning out our house and you wouldn't believe
the gear I am tossing. Came across a big box *full* of directional
audio connects that must have cost a fortune to accumulate over the
years. Problem is, I never bought into the "directional" BS to begin
with. The idea is that the capacitive reactance changes along it's
length and the directional cables compensate for any losses.
My problem with that is that at audio frequencies there is *no*
capacitive or inductive reactance generated anyway. At higher freqs ..
like RF ... yes, the transmission line becomes reactive to frequency but
not at audio freqs.