Shall I make the move or just wait for the SACD/DVDA ?Isn't SACD dying?
It seems like many new pieces of Audio gear do NOT support SACD. For example, I am hot to buy Nagra's high-end CD player and it does not support SACD.
Plus many new recordings are not coming out on SACD. It looks like Redbook CD is here for a few more years.
Regarding Vinyl, I just don't get it. I have heard a fancy system with really good vinyl and yes, it sounded great, but...
Can you put up with the pops, and scratches?
I am also thinking of what Peter Aczel wrote in the Audio Critic:
"Digital audio has brought us flatter frequency response, deeper bass, wider dynamic range, lower THD, lower noise floor, safer storage, and greater editability than any other technology in the history of sound reproduction. It has every reason to sound better than analog, and it does the possible exception being 30-ips analog tape with Dolby SR, which is capable of sounding just as good but which the tweaks arent even talking about. They talk about vinyl, for crying out loud; they say digital just doesnt have the same airiness, smoothness, front-to-back depth, dimensionality, tonal gradations, etc. etc. This is truly sickening drivel, without any foundation in logical thinking or accurate hands-on observation.
Vinyl is not a primary medium; it is nearly always a transfer from tape, sometimes even digital tape, except for the very few direct-to-disc recordings. The process of transferring tape-recorded material to vinyl entails measurable losses and distortions, not to mention mechanical ticks, pops and swishes.