Comparing SACD sound to High Res


I live in an area of slow internet speeds - for this and other reasons high res downloads are probably a bit further into the future for me. I may also wait to see what Meridians MQA develops into. Meanwhile I am wondering how the sound quality of SACD (well recorded over a good SACD player) sounds relative to various high res downloads including 24/192 and DXD. Anybody compare them?
Thanks
gammajo

Showing 3 responses by tomcy6

Jon2020, I believe that's what Gammajo said here:
...SACD can hold its own with all the new high res download formats, making the performance and recording quality more of a factor in hearing stellar, engaging sound than what high res format it is in.
Gammajo, The problem with SACDS is the low number of them available. Before investing in an SACD player I'd check out Acoustic Sounds, Music Direct and ebay to see if there are enough that you want available to make the cost of an SACD player worthwhile. If you like Classical music there are plenty available, but other genres, not too many. There are a lot of Japanese SHM SACDs being released, but they're very expensive.

You may be better off getting a server and dac that can accommodate all the hi-res formats. There are many more downloads available in multiple formats than SACDs.

You'll probably want streaming capabilities in your system too. It's not clear yet whether downloads or streaming will eventually be the format of choice. Downloads are pretty expensive and streaming is pretty cheap, at least for the time being. CD quality is the best quality available in streaming at present, I believe.