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Role of HDCD in an upsampling world

I am wondering about taking the plunge into upsampling players or possibly an outboard DAC.

My question is what will that do my HDCD discs? I have several hundred or so, and more on the way. These are some of the best sounding CDs in my collection and the music is nearly all of my favorites.

How can I best take advantage of HDCD and upsampling?

My system:

Arcam Diva 92

Rouge 99 Magnum (Sylvania chrome dome 6snt GTs)

Bryston 4B ST (Soon to be departed, likely for new Rouge Zeus)

Thiel CS 2.3

Cardas Golden Reference cables, PS Audio Lab II power cords, Power Plant, Ultimate Outlet, DH Cones and squares.

Thanks for this and all the advice in the past.
johnmcalpin
hififred
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This player may not be up your alley, but have you taken a look at the Cary 306/200. With this player, you have the option of playing your HDCD discs through the Pacific Microsonics PMD-200 HDCD digital filter, or you can bipass the filter and upsample the discs to 24/192 instead. I'm not sure if there are DAC's or other players that have similar operations.

The following review of the 306/200 explains this process more specifically:

http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue2/cary306.htm

johnmcalpin OP
58 posts
 
That Cary is one of the players that got me started on upsampling because it had HDCD.

Arcam now has the FMJ 33, an upsampling player but it is unclear if it has HDCD as did the Diva 92 and the FMJ 23. If so, that might be best for me given my enjoyment of my current Arcam.

Another caveat: One of my trusted audio experts says hold off on the source until I settle my amplifier question.
tropman
2 posts
 
Hi,
I am wondering where you were able to put together a collection of hdcd's. I have a modded Shanling CD t-100, and it has hdcd capability. But I haven't been able to find many hdcd's. can you please direct me to a good source for this format.

Rgds,

Eric Nadelberg,
Eric.Nadelberg@admis.com
sugarbrie
3,854 posts
 
The complete listing of recordings is at WWW.HDCD.COM
bluefin
111 posts
 
If you are looking for newer technology, why not SACD? Either stay with CD (upsample?) or go with SACD. HDCD? Where should HDCD go? If even SACD/DVD-A can't survive, will HDCD have future?
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