Can anyone recommend a player that can utilise all the popular audio
formats such as CD, SACD, DVDA etc.? I'm not bothered about pictures
and video, just audio. It would have to have a line-level analogue
stereo output as well.
TIA
Ken

On 3 Nov 2004 05:15:54 -0800, (Ken) wrote:

Can anyone recommend a player that can utilise all the popular audio
formats such as CD, SACD, DVDA etc.? I'm not bothered about pictures
and video, just audio. It would have to have a line-level analogue
stereo output as well.

There are many. What are your other requirements and your budget?
Alternatively, you might search for them as universal players.

Kal

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Can anyone recommend a player that can utilise all the popular audio
formats such as CD, SACD, DVDA etc.? I'm not bothered about pictures
and video, just audio. It would have to have a line-level analogue
stereo output as well.


A Pioneer DV-575a at about a wunner will play everything (except a 7"
single) perfectly well as far as I can tell and will give you a stonking
video picture as well, should you ever need it.....

"Keith G" wrote in message

"Ken" wrote in message
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Can anyone recommend a player that can utilise all the popular audio
formats such as CD, SACD, DVDA etc.? I'm not bothered about pictures
and video, just audio. It would have to have a line-level analogue
stereo output as well.


A Pioneer DV-575a at about a wunner will play everything (except a 7"
single) perfectly well as far as I can tell and will give you a
stonking video picture as well, should you ever need it.....

The current version of this product appears to be the DV 578A - $129.95 list
price - $99.95 street price

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....3&type=product

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"Ken" wrote in message
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Can anyone recommend a player that can utilise all the popular
audio
formats such as CD, SACD, DVDA etc.? I'm not bothered about
pictures
and video, just audio. It would have to have a line-level analogue
stereo output as well.


A Pioneer DV-575a at about a wunner will play everything (except a
7"
single) perfectly well as far as I can tell and will give you a
stonking
video picture as well, should you ever need it.....



The catch one is SA-CD. The Philips 720 is the only other DVD machine
on the market apart from the 575 that will play them.

Don't know about either with DVD-A though.


--
Woody

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"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Ken" wrote in message
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Can anyone recommend a player that can utilise all the popular
audio
formats such as CD, SACD, DVDA etc.? I'm not bothered about
pictures
and video, just audio. It would have to have a line-level analogue
stereo output as well.


A Pioneer DV-575a at about a wunner will play everything (except a
7"
single) perfectly well as far as I can tell and will give you a
stonking
video picture as well, should you ever need it.....



The catch one is SA-CD. The Philips 720 is the only other DVD machine
on the market apart from the 575 that will play them.

Don't know about either with DVD-A though.


--
Woody





Denon make a whole range of Universal players from a couple of hundred notes
up to a couple of thousand. As you get further up the range they separate
the audio and video circuits completely (including separate power supplies)
to prevent interference??

Steve

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Denon make a whole range of Universal players from a couple of
hundred notes up to a couple of thousand. As you get further up the
range they separate the audio and video circuits completely
(including separate power supplies) to prevent interference??

No, they separate the functions into separate boxes to create perceived
value. I've tested the audio outputs of enough DVD players to know that
contamination of the audio from video is usually a non-problem. Any time it
would be a problem would be examples of substandard engineering and
construction.

On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 07:50:59 GMT, "harrogate2"
wrote:

The catch one is SA-CD. The Philips 720 is the only other DVD machine
on the market apart from the 575 that will play them.

How does SA-CD differ from SACD? There are many DVD machines that
will play the latter.

Kal

"Kalman Rubinson" wrote in message
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On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 07:50:59 GMT, "harrogate2"
wrote:

The catch one is SA-CD. The Philips 720 is the only other DVD
machine
on the market apart from the 575 that will play them.

How does SA-CD differ from SACD? There are many DVD machines that
will play the latter.

Kal

They are one and the same - it's just the 'correct' (Sony) way of
writing it.

From research I've done I suspect your comment is wrong - the only two
domestic DVD players that I can find that will decode SA-CD are these
two. Since SA-CD discs are hybrid and contain three different copies
of the music - including 'normal' CD - any machine will play them but
will not provide the full surround capability.

I would agree that there are a number of audio CD machines, notably
Sony and Denon, that will play and decode them.


--
Woody

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"The EggKing" wrote in message


Denon make a whole range of Universal players from a couple of
hundred notes up to a couple of thousand. As you get further up the
range they separate the audio and video circuits completely
(including separate power supplies) to prevent interference??

No, they separate the functions into separate boxes to create perceived
value. I've tested the audio outputs of enough DVD players to know that
contamination of the audio from video is usually a non-problem. Any time it
would be a problem would be examples of substandard engineering and
construction.

Thanks, guys, for your thoughts. On paper the Pioneer DV-575 looks
like unbeatable value. What I don't get is why are there so many
CD-only players still available? With DVD-A and SACD around, is not
the CD format obsolete? My reasoning for going for a universal player
was because I thought that was the case. I guess the real questions I
have a how long can one expect CDs to remain available? Why, if
DVD-A and SACD are so superior (in stereo mode?), is there still a
market for CD-only players?

Ken