darrenyeats;684661 Wrote: > Back to the topic, had a look in Audacity. Indeed, SACD Hybrid's CD > layer (bottom) has had dynamic compression applied compared to early CD > release (top). > > It's not the worst I've experienced, and perhaps some aspects of the > master might be good - but look at all those peaks at 0db...no excuse > for this in a so called "audiophile" SACD Hybrid release. > > Am willing to believe the SACD layer might be different. > Darren > > PS: Track is "I Shot the Sheriff" which is one of the more upbeat > tracks from the album. > > PPS: Please consider this stuff in context of original question: > "upgrade priority!"
Off topic, there is an obvius agenda here, if the sacd layer and cd layer where of the same master the difference may be subtle to nonexisting depending on a lot of things. Nonexisting would be the most common as most recordings are not better than cd anyway. So sacd must be better for everyone buying it rigth ;) "Subtly better on select recordings on the very best equipment for some people" is no selling tag line. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92924 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
