Are they cheap enough yet?
Is there a Pioneer universal player with SACD and DVD-A?
What does the forum recommend?

--
Eiron.

In article , Eiron
wrote:
Are they cheap enough yet?

For what?

Is there a Pioneer universal player with SACD and DVD-A?

No idea.

What does the forum recommend?

Try Cambridge Audio? Their new player has had good reviews and
IIUC is a 'universal' one. Not tried it myself, but am pleased
with other CA equipment I use.

Slainte,

Jim

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On 13/05/2010 16:52, Jim Lesurf wrote:
In ,
wrote:
Are they cheap enough yet?

For what?

Is there a Pioneer universal player with SACD and DVD-A?

No idea.

What does the forum recommend?

Try Cambridge Audio? Their new player has had good reviews and
IIUC is a 'universal' one. Not tried it myself, but am pleased
with other CA equipment I use.


I was thinking of getting one to treble up as a DVD/CD/BR player - BR is
pretty good but I'm unlikely to buy many disks.

The Cambridge one is about £400 - I can't see what it offers over a
cheapie, except 'punchy' and ''expansive' etc - none of the things that
might be nice to have like networked and clever links to the telly.

rob

In article , Rob
wrote:
On 13/05/2010 16:52, Jim Lesurf wrote:
In ,


What does the forum recommend?

Try Cambridge Audio? Their new player has had good reviews and IIUC is
a 'universal' one. Not tried it myself, but am pleased with other CA
equipment I use.


I was thinking of getting one to treble up as a DVD/CD/BR player - BR is
pretty good but I'm unlikely to buy many disks.

The Cambridge one is about £400 - I can't see what it offers over a
cheapie, except 'punchy' and ''expansive' etc - none of the things that
might be nice to have like networked and clever links to the telly.

I have no experience of the Cambridge 650BD. But I've been impressed by how
well their cheaper 'Sonata' DVD player plays a range of discs - including
DVD-Rs that some other players can't play reliably. From the reviews the
650BD does provide the ability to play all sorts of discs, and has USB
sockets, can play WAV, WMA, MP3, etc. Also said to load discs and get to a
useful menu more quickly than other BD players.

I'm personally only put off by the facts that:

A) I have no real interest in blu-ray at present

B) My AV system uses a RGB SCART input CRT, and the 650BD doesn't have a
SCART output.

C) The players I have work nicely for DVDs, etc.

Above said, no doubt there may well be other players that might be
preferred. Just that I have no knowledge of them.

Slainte,

Jim

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Eiron writes:

Are they cheap enough yet?
Is there a Pioneer universal player with SACD and DVD-A?
What does the forum recommend?

I found this list the other day:
http://www.carlssonplanet.com/hardware.php?lang=en&
The Swedish version is more verbose and lists some Blu-ray
players. The LG BD-370 is said to be very good and not
expensive.

I have no idea how well tested the things in their list are
but they say they try to do double-blind testing whenever
possible.

If my repair-CD-player project does not work to my satisfaction
I am in the market for a replacement player...

/Martin

"Eiron" wrote in message


Are they cheap enough yet?

They are under $100 in the US.

Is there a Pioneer universal player with SACD and DVD-A?

Why would you not do your own research?

I understand that Oppo has offerings of this kind.

What does the forum recommend?

What is your application.

On 14/05/2010 12:51, Arny Krueger wrote:
wrote in message


Are they cheap enough yet?

They are under $100 in the US.

Is there a Pioneer universal player with SACD and DVD-A?

Why would you not do your own research?

I understand that Oppo has offerings of this kind.

What does the forum recommend?

What is your application.

Why not get the benefit of others' experiences?
I wouldn't have thought of Cambridge Audio but for £400 it does
everything I want.

The immediate requirement is for a DVD player with HDMI output (from £45)
for a projector without a SCART input but it's a small step up to £117
for a Blu-ray player, and then I might as well go all the way and have
a single box in the lounge to play everything, and use the current
Pioneer universal player for the projector.

And whatever you may think of formats such as SACD, I'm convinced that
Dark Side Of The Moon in 5.1 surround sound played a significant part
in achieving my present state of married bliss....

--
Eiron.

On 14/05/2010 21:18, Eiron wrote:
On 14/05/2010 12:51, Arny Krueger wrote:
snip

What is your application.

Why not get the benefit of others' experiences?
I wouldn't have thought of Cambridge Audio but for £400 it does
everything I want.


I've just bought an LG 390. I found it all baffling so I took the
recommendation of the bloke at Richer Sounds - gacve me £10 of ticket,
at £220.

Seems to work very well. I went the extra to get networking, and all
that works well (even) with a Mac - but there's a bit of story with
that. Quick to load. Takes a USB HD (but socket on the front).

'Serves' just about every kind of video and audio I've tried *but* no
SACD - at least it's not mentioned. I think from very limited knowledge
that Oppo are one of the few that do . . .


The immediate requirement is for a DVD player with HDMI output (from £45)
for a projector without a SCART input but it's a small step up to £117
for a Blu-ray player, and then I might as well go all the way and have
a single box in the lounge to play everything, and use the current
Pioneer universal player for the projector.

And whatever you may think of formats such as SACD, I'm convinced that
Dark Side Of The Moon in 5.1 surround sound played a significant part
in achieving my present state of married bliss....


Should have tried that perhaps ;-)

The video of BR is undoubtedly very good indeed, and I certainly enjoyed
my third format of 2001. Doubt I'll buy many more disks though.

Rob

On 15/05/2010 09:10, Rob wrote:
On 14/05/2010 21:18, Eiron wrote:
On 14/05/2010 12:51, Arny Krueger wrote:
snip

What is your application.

Why not get the benefit of others' experiences?
I wouldn't have thought of Cambridge Audio but for £400 it does
everything I want.


I've just bought an LG 390. I found it all baffling so I took the
recommendation of the bloke at Richer Sounds - gacve me £10 of ticket,
at £220.

Seems to work very well. I went the extra to get networking, and all
that works well (even) with a Mac - but there's a bit of story with
that. Quick to load. Takes a USB HD (but socket on the front).

'Serves' just about every kind of video and audio I've tried *but* no
SACD - at least it's not mentioned. I think from very limited knowledge
that Oppo are one of the few that do . . .


Just looked - the Cambridge does.

Rob writes:

I've just bought an LG 390. I found it all baffling so I took the
recommendation of the bloke at Richer Sounds - gacve me £10 of ticket,
at £220.

snip

'Serves' just about every kind of video and audio I've tried *but* no
SACD - at least it's not mentioned. I think from very limited
knowledge that Oppo are one of the few that do . . .

What does "no SACD" mean? No sound at all or just standard CD from
SACDs?

/Martin (My CD repair is not going well, new laser was DOA.)