Umm, there is a LOT more music available of vinyl than SACD, and you could put together a respectable analog rig for less than $1700. Now THAT is hi-rez.
Perfect Solution for Hi Res Mayhem
As almost all of us here, I am tired of wasting my precious time (otherwise would have spent on listening to Music) researching and thinking where this new format war is taking us. Finally I drew the following conclusions:
1. Multi Channel will take at least two decades before they attain the maturity two channel music has attained. So, why ruin my taste, I will stick to two channel.
2. Since I have neither Vinyl gear nor software, going down that path is a totally new investment, which IMHO is not justified given the low availability of software.
3. SACD has clearly more titles compared to DVD-A and DSD seems to be promising technology and two channel SACDs I have listened to sound pretty good, Vinyl like.
So, am I gonna jump the guns and spend mega bucks on a Accuphase, Lindemann, dCs or a Meridien? No. I have come across two cheap but well built Chinese SACD players. Now do not get put off by the fact they are Chinese. Even though we do not like to admit, some of the highly regarded gear are now either made in China or parts are sourced from there.
The two contenders are Shanling SCD-T200 and Xindak SCD-2. and they both have Tube output stages, and the conventional wisdom says they will definitely sound better than the Solid State analogue output players.
Shanling appears to have spent lot of money on looks, and it is a top-loading player. So, I think Xindak is the way to go. SCD-2 retails around USD 1700.00 in US and is two channel. Only draw back is it has no up-sampling for Redbook cds.
Appreciate your valuable opinion on my conclusions and better yet, if there are any Xindak owners here please let us know how they sound.
Regards,
1. Multi Channel will take at least two decades before they attain the maturity two channel music has attained. So, why ruin my taste, I will stick to two channel.
2. Since I have neither Vinyl gear nor software, going down that path is a totally new investment, which IMHO is not justified given the low availability of software.
3. SACD has clearly more titles compared to DVD-A and DSD seems to be promising technology and two channel SACDs I have listened to sound pretty good, Vinyl like.
So, am I gonna jump the guns and spend mega bucks on a Accuphase, Lindemann, dCs or a Meridien? No. I have come across two cheap but well built Chinese SACD players. Now do not get put off by the fact they are Chinese. Even though we do not like to admit, some of the highly regarded gear are now either made in China or parts are sourced from there.
The two contenders are Shanling SCD-T200 and Xindak SCD-2. and they both have Tube output stages, and the conventional wisdom says they will definitely sound better than the Solid State analogue output players.
Shanling appears to have spent lot of money on looks, and it is a top-loading player. So, I think Xindak is the way to go. SCD-2 retails around USD 1700.00 in US and is two channel. Only draw back is it has no up-sampling for Redbook cds.
Appreciate your valuable opinion on my conclusions and better yet, if there are any Xindak owners here please let us know how they sound.
Regards,