SACD Sale at SonyMusicStore.com

[aphex]

It seems to be rare that these ever go on sale.....

Looks like most SACD's are $10.98 or under (from what i can tell), just search for SACD to find their selection....

http://www.sonymusicstore.com

Free shipping over $25 and there is also a 20% off coupon floating around if you use American Express.

 

[biggerwang]

This might be off-topic, but is there a way to play these SACDs on a computer?

 

[beatle]

Nope, Sony's paranoia extends past that of the RIAA.

 

[EvilYoda]

oooooooooh, thanks for the notice Aphex! Could always use more SACDs to make the new player shine

 

[esun]

Cool, just picked up a SACD player, too.

 

[edplayer]

Thanks.

 

[Dubb]

oh man...there's a bunch of pretty cheap cds and dvds there too. I found like $200 of stuff I want in about five min...

I hate you guys.

how long does this last for?

 

[mikeford]

Most SACD are hybrid these days, so you get the SA on special CD players, but normal ones play the normal CD audio. Its the old chicken and egg thing.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: mikeford
Most SACD are hybrid these days, so you get the SA on special CD players, but normal ones play the normal CD audio. Its the old chicken and egg thing.

I dunno about chicken and egg, CD's came well before SACD's :beer:

 

[jalaram]

Thanks OP. I love my SACD player and can pick up some Miles Davis classics on SACD.

 

[weepul]

what advantages/features does sacd have over regular cds that would make you to purchase it over regular cds?

n/m, just found this:

DSD: the recording technology behind SA-CD

Super Audio CD uses a new and radically different technology called Direct Stream Digital (DSD) to convert music into a digital signal that can be stored on a disc. Compared to the traditional PCM method (the technology used for CD), DSD offers a much higher resolution by following more closely the original wave form of music. With a frequency response of over 100kHz and a dynamic range over 120dB across the audible frequency range ? some 64 times higher resolution then CD - Super Audio CD offers music reproduction that reveals details you just can?t hear on a normal CD.

The Direct Stream Digital? pulse train "looks" remarkably like the analog waveform it represents. More pulses point up as the wave goes positive and down as the wave goes negative.

//krunk (^_^x)

 

[aphex]

The Direct Stream Digital? pulse train "looks" remarkably like the analog waveform it represents. More pulses point up as the wave goes positive and down as the wave goes negative.

Thats pretty cool

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: aphex

The Direct Stream Digital? pulse train "looks" remarkably like the analog waveform it represents. More pulses point up as the wave goes positive and down as the wave goes negative.

Thats pretty cool

Now read up on DVD-A

Someone schooled me on it and I learned my lesson.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: aphex

The Direct Stream Digital? pulse train "looks" remarkably like the analog waveform it represents. More pulses point up as the wave goes positive and down as the wave goes negative.

Thats pretty cool

Now read up on DVD-A

Someone schooled me on it and I learned my lesson.

Is DVD-A > SACD?

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: aphex

The Direct Stream Digital? pulse train "looks" remarkably like the analog waveform it represents. More pulses point up as the wave goes positive and down as the wave goes negative.

Thats pretty cool

Now read up on DVD-A

Someone schooled me on it and I learned my lesson.

Is DVD-A > SACD?

bingo.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: aphex

The Direct Stream Digital? pulse train "looks" remarkably like the analog waveform it represents. More pulses point up as the wave goes positive and down as the wave goes negative.

Thats pretty cool

Now read up on DVD-A

Someone schooled me on it and I learned my lesson.

Is DVD-A > SACD?

bingo.

I thought DVD-A was more about multi-channel and what not. For pure stereo music I always thought SACD was the choice.

 

[Dubb]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: aphex

The Direct Stream Digital? pulse train "looks" remarkably like the analog waveform it represents. More pulses point up as the wave goes positive and down as the wave goes negative.

Thats pretty cool

Now read up on DVD-A

Someone schooled me on it and I learned my lesson.

Is DVD-A > SACD?

bingo.

WRONG! might be better for multichannel, and maybe has a better chance of becoming rip-able, but SACD is the (technically) better sounding medium. it's kinda apples and oranges, though. DVD-A is simply higher res standard PCM audio (24bit/96or 192 khz vs 16bit/44.1 khz for cd), but SACD is a whole new way of digitizing audio...and technically much closer to the original by all accounts I've read.

 

[mrrman]

Thats quite a selection....I am tempted but then I need a new player...

 

[TrentSteel]

Lots of Bob Dylan in there.