On 27/06/2011 20:17, FedupLurker wrote:

What the rest of us know but not Jim, is that there is no point to SACD for
the domestic listener, nor with DVD-Audio neither.
The real point (and the claims) for "high rez" formats was to steer the
consumer away from easily ripped/pirated 16 binary digit CD format as
domestic computers began to steal gadget freaks from the audio hardware
market.
With SACD only the CD layer can be read on a computer drive. There are
no drives available for PC nor over-priced Macs (and certainly nothing
under Linux) that can read SACD's. And they cannot be digitally ripped.
Only dedicated "audio" hardware can read SACD/DVD-A, and the digital
outputs of such hardware can only output the CD layer or down sample
to 16/44.

Are you suggesting that Jim doesn't have an SACD player?
Or that he's not using the analogue outputs?

I don't believe in the theory of SACDs but they sound OK to me.

--
Eiron.