Bargain Priced SACD Giant Killer?


I think my SCD-1 is very good and beautifully made, but at the end of the day, I am listening to digital less and less, other than from my PC.

So I am thinking about recycling some of its resale value into a turntable, and building up a WAF file music server.

If I were to sell my SCD-1, is there anything that will give me 75% + of the sound on a budget, albeit without the gorgeous build quality?
cwlondon

Showing 6 responses by mikesinger

i think $1000 for a sacd player is a bit much given the original intent of this thread....

cwlondon came up with a really good idea...put some money toward a differnt format that has a lot of software available(vinyl) rather than sacd that doesnt have alot of software...

would suggest a sony 9000,sony 999 (sony house sound and build quality).
hace to agree with cwlondon on this.... why have big $$$$$ invested on sacd player with limited software ?

it is unfortunate that the high res formats didnt make ( why spend big $$$$ on a 2 channel multiformat player ? there is very, very limited software.. (the sony scd-1 is a fantastic sacd player but just okay on cd...)

what it boils down to....

-we are stuck with redbook cd's with the majority of digital
- a really good dac can be used with multiple playaback systems
-analog is here to stay and there is plenty of software ( a killer playback system can be had for cheap..vpi scout)
-sacd software is limited and will continue to be so (asking consumers to spend $$$ on multiformat players doesnt make sense.
please not another sales TRL pitch....(gaging sound)

if i admit that TRL makes the best sony modded players in the entire world - can you stop the promotion????

how about a "seperate" TRL category under discussions so it can be contained ? i am starting to get acid reflux...
Baranyi, thank you for the response....

i did see your previous post and many, many, many, many,many, many, many,many, many, many, many, many, many, many,many,many other TRL post (get the idea?)...which had did not address the original question by Cwlowdon...

i am also interested in a inexpensive sacd unit and would like to see what suggestions are made...

congrats on your new modified unit....i am sure it is great...

take care and have a great day (i did!!!)

please remember to conserve energy, fossil fuel, and conserve water....and in this case by flushing less and letting this thread turn into a huge TRL dung pile....
whatever.....no beef with trl....never heard one...

it is a shame how a great post can "obviously" be used for the over promotion of a product..

the question is...
did you read the original post ?
do you understand the context of the original post ???
do you think maybe, just maybe the the posts might be percived as a "excessive" promotion of trl products..

the interest i have in sacd (in the original context) that the cwlondon intiated the thread ( ie secondary player that is inexpensive..) if the trl modded player fits that desription, then i owe you and others a sincere apology...

if the trl player doesnt fit the context of the original post....then maybe...just maybe.. the king isnt wearing any clothes....not to mention who is full of blatently "shameless hiding intentional tactics"

btw, just in case you missed that one.... take the first letter of each word..