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Are "Redbook Only " CD players Obsolete?

With the advent of Universal Players ;ones that play DVD..CD..SACD..and DVD-A; Are standard "cd only" players OBSOLETE.......The "NEW BREED", like the MARANTZ DV 9500 can play ALL these formats and do it Better than most of the cd only and dvd-cd players at ANY PRICE...and all for under $2000.....why would anyone want to limit themselves......SACD and DVD-A are awsome for us audiophiles..and how much better can the "video" get?...Combine this State of The Art technology with the Fact that the Redbook CD playback is totally natural sounding..very analog like....and better than CD only players I've heard costing much more.... IS This is a NO-BRAINER........
dennish

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prpixel
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Even my wife can hear the difference between my universal player and my stand alone redbook player. That's why she let me buy it.

BTW - Her permission is not required but appreciated.
prpixel
876 posts
 
Gunbei,

No, not whipped. I find it easier to run it by the wife before buying something. Most of the time she doesn't even ask the price; she just wants to know if I need it. If she asks the price, then I use the standard WAF formula: if under $1000 divide by 2, if over $1000 divide by 4, if over $5000 divide by 8 etc.

Now, if I try to slip something into the rig without telling her, she'll demand to see the receipt. That's the point I become whipped and have to go buy her something like a new SUV.

Later,
prpixel
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I just wish that they would release more worth listening too on SACD. I'm tired of re-issues of the stones.

Kira,
That audiorevolution article sounds like an ad for dualdisc. I played around with one of these a few months ago. It would only play in an old sony dvd player; not in the car, universal player, or 4 different computer drives.
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