Denon's 100th anniversary

[brainhulk]

looks like they are producing a special line just for this occasion. mmm the turntable looks really seksi.

http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Denon-Launches-Limited-Edition-100th-Anniversary-Line.shtml

 

[mmntech]

That turntable is sexy but there's no way I could justify $2500 for a record player. 😀

 

[Aikouka]

That's one nice AVR... but man... that AVR is probably twice as much as my current sound system 😱!

 

[alcoholbob]

$2,500 for an SACD player? I think I'll keep my Oppo...

 

[mmntech]

$2,500 for an SACD player? I think I'll keep my Oppo...

Does anyone actually buy SACDs? I thought all audiophiles were vinyl purists these days.

 

[Anubis]

Im sure someone buys that however i thought they stopped making them because no one purchased them

 

[alcoholbob]

Does anyone actually buy SACDs? I thought all audiophiles were vinyl purists these days.

I buy some occasionally. There's a huge market in Asia for SACDs (amusingly enough most of them are western music pieces--country, classical) but they are pretty much a fossil in the States. Everything I get I have to pay import prices, like $50/disc. It's a pain.

I really hope BD-Audio picks up at some point, but right now SACD is going pretty strong, there are thousands of albums available. It's DVD-A and HDCD that's pretty dead right now--and soon blu-spec CD I imagine.

Listening to music without the compression limits of redbook CDs is really nice.