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is it me or sacd.

or is it my marantz sa-14. got dylan's "bringing it all back home" on sacd for christmas. asked for it specially due to rave reviews. couldn't believe the sound or more precisely the lack of - no bass, no foundation it seems to me. on vinyl bought 30 years ago/played on everything from a dual 1009 tt with idler wheel w/dual cartridge (old fart, i know) to present vpi mk2 /sme 5/van den hul ddt (not state of the art i know) - amongst the vinyl rush, rumble, wow & cartridge chatter bob has a throat, lungs, a body, not just adenoids - and the sssibilance is gone. harmonica sings, not screams, spits & sizzles. guitars are not just wires vibrating in emptiness but strings stretched taut over resonant wood boxes. sound emanates from a room, not a void. had same reaction to rolling stones reissues on sacd. ditto for sam cooke at the copa ("most realisric recording of a human voice ever" sez hp in the absolute(?) sound). might be me. my system. or sacd. or is it just the laphroig? (rant's end)
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rwwear
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This is a great place for SACD and DVDA reviews.
http://www.highfidelityreview.com/index.asp
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cpdunn99
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I've not dropped the $$ yet for a SACD player, but have bought some of the hybrid Dylan reissues. They are a mixed bag, with respect to the remastered CD layer, so it doesn't surprise me that the same is true for SACD layer.

So far, the best Dylan reissues, in my opinion, are "Blood on the Tracks" and "Oh Mercy." BIABH is OK, and I agree completely with Nrchy about it being a bit of a mixed bag. L-0 is great, and it's no wonder that this is one of the tracks that Sony featured in their Dylan reissue sampler.

I bought "Slow Train" and "Freewheelin '" last night, but haven't listened to them yet.
bluefin
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I will buy records if can still find nice condition ones. For SACD, I will buy newly recorded SACD, if sound quality is a must. Asking a new technology to re-cook the old dish is asking too much IMHO. I keep my table running and play old records, the way it was designed to play and still good today. SACD is pretty good actually if you play new recordings but it is not world-saving machine(that probably will never exist).
tbg
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You are painting with too broad a brush. Blame the recording or mastering not the format.
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