Hi!
Been a good while since I've sat down and had a listen to my small
collection of Super Audio CD'S, I had an old Pioneer DVD Player which
handled them however that player is not compatible with any of the newer
equipment I own so SACD'S had to wait until I could afford to buy a
compatible player.
The compatible player arrived in the form of a Denon Blu-Ray player
about 3 weeks ago ,time to take some time out from the grind, put my
feet up and listen again.
There's no doubt about it in my view, the upgraded player for SACD'S was
certainly worth the while given that each channel of the audio is now
digitally delivered to the Denon Surround-Sound receiver, each channel
being delivered via its own speaker rather than having to rely on
processing to do the same job, the old Pioneer player would also deliver
the channels to each speaker but in an Analogue mode and you can
certainly pick the difference.
The Pioneer player connected to a multi channel amp or Surround-Sound
receiver by the use of multiple VCA connecting cords, one lead for each
channel and the connection couldn't be done digitally even though the
Pioneer had a Digital out connection - two in fact - they would allow
the streaming of standard Audio or Surround-Sound audio and not from SACD.
The Denon player on the other hand is completely digital for everything,
one HDMI connection handles up to 8 channels of audio, HD 4K video - if
available - and all the other controlling stuff that HDMI is capable of,
certainly makes life one hell of a lot easier connecting HDMI devices
rather than doing things the traditional way with RCA and other cords.
I guess you're all wondering, what's the use of me getting SACD'S if I
can only play them on a compatible player? That's true if you want to
enjoy the multi channel benefits of SACD however a SACD will play in
standard stereo mode quite happily in a standard CD Player.
Time to get back to my Jeff Waynes Super Audio CD Version of War Of The
worlds, the classic double album from 1978.
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