amatala
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- Mar 19, 2004
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Hello,
I have a Marantz DV6400 DVD/SACD player connected to a Harman/Kardon AVR430 receiver. I use Mordaunt-Short Avant 906 for speakers (both front and rear) plus a MS 905C central and a MS 907W suboofer.
I think that CDs do sound great on my system and DVD-A sounds really exceptional (I currently own 5 of them). I am also happy with the DTS CDs I have, so all in all I am very pleased with my system (I wouldn't want to invest more money in this anyway).
The only problem I have is with SACDs. I do find the SACD sound quite fake, with high frequencies having a 'dirty' sound.
Now I have read quite a few technical articles explaining that SACDs cannot measure up against DVD-A and that high frequecies tend to sound quite bad on SACD, but I wasn't expecting this to be that bad. I do agree that the mid-range is cleaner and more open on SACD than on plain CD, but when it comes to high frequencies I would choose the CD over SACD any day.
Has anyone had a similar experience with SACDs?
Thanks!
I have a Marantz DV6400 DVD/SACD player connected to a Harman/Kardon AVR430 receiver. I use Mordaunt-Short Avant 906 for speakers (both front and rear) plus a MS 905C central and a MS 907W suboofer.
I think that CDs do sound great on my system and DVD-A sounds really exceptional (I currently own 5 of them). I am also happy with the DTS CDs I have, so all in all I am very pleased with my system (I wouldn't want to invest more money in this anyway).
The only problem I have is with SACDs. I do find the SACD sound quite fake, with high frequencies having a 'dirty' sound.
Now I have read quite a few technical articles explaining that SACDs cannot measure up against DVD-A and that high frequecies tend to sound quite bad on SACD, but I wasn't expecting this to be that bad. I do agree that the mid-range is cleaner and more open on SACD than on plain CD, but when it comes to high frequencies I would choose the CD over SACD any day.
Has anyone had a similar experience with SACDs?
Thanks!