What is the opinions on SACD playback from Naim CD player owners?
Posted by: kuma on 23 November 2003
Is it just me who thinks SACD playback lacks in balls and timing?
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Adding an XPS2 cemented it for the CDX2 no matter what format was played,
wow. That's a claim.
Did you compare all those hi.res playes in your rig along with CDX2/XPS2?
What was lacking from DCS SACD playback compared to CDX2/XPS2?
And which system context?
I agree that adding XPS2 transformed CDX2 to something more complete.
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know the dCS rig VERY well. it lacks nothing if you've got the scratch to pay for it!
so, I take it you prefer dcs stacks? More I think about it's about voicing differences than which is better. dcs stuff tends to sound *round* whether redbook or SACD.
I haven't tried a direct compariosn between Naim digital and dcs, but clearly, I preferd kps25s over dcs.
How did you find Krell SACD Standard against Naim?
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perhaps part of the reason the Esoteric does so well is that TEAC is using their own VRDS universal transport instead of the same old Pioneer or Phillips that everyone else uses. it'll be interesting to see which transport Naim chooses for their DVD player. it'd be nice if they had access to the TEAC, but it's probably going to be a Phillips to match all their other Phillips-based machines.
Esoteric/Teac make fine transports. They tend to be slower than Phillps based ones tho. Phillips are notoriously unreliable. ( every single CD player i've owned with Phillips went south )
As far as DVD transports go, DVD ROM types might be a better way to go...