Hi everyone....I have a handful of SACDs that I want to listen to. I have a Carver stereo set-up, including a C-4000 preamp that's been rebuilt to contemporary specs. I want to listen to the SACDs through this vintage set up.
I had been using a Sony Blu-Ray/Cambridge Audio DAC to play them, and on the screen it indicated that an SACD was playing. But I found from several helpful people on this site that because of Sony's proprietary decoding I needed a Blu-Ray with analog outputs to listen to SACDs, and to try it that's what I bought, an entry-level Yamaha BD-S681 that plays SACDs and has audio outputs. I bought it through Amazon so I can return it if I need something else.
Well, I did an A/B test with an SACD and CD ("Kind of Blue"). I switched between them, and the difference was amazing. The CD sounded alive, crisp, focused, as usual, but the SACD was dull and lifeless. Any ideas what I might be doing wrong? The SACD sounded VERY mid-rangy, no highs at all.
Thank you. John
I had been using a Sony Blu-Ray/Cambridge Audio DAC to play them, and on the screen it indicated that an SACD was playing. But I found from several helpful people on this site that because of Sony's proprietary decoding I needed a Blu-Ray with analog outputs to listen to SACDs, and to try it that's what I bought, an entry-level Yamaha BD-S681 that plays SACDs and has audio outputs. I bought it through Amazon so I can return it if I need something else.
Well, I did an A/B test with an SACD and CD ("Kind of Blue"). I switched between them, and the difference was amazing. The CD sounded alive, crisp, focused, as usual, but the SACD was dull and lifeless. Any ideas what I might be doing wrong? The SACD sounded VERY mid-rangy, no highs at all.
Thank you. John