Full price CDs are poor value - Stephen

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Topic - Dumb poll question - navman 14:34:07 02/26/05 (43)

100% - but still deep into vinyl as well. (nt) - Allen Wright 03:41:48 02/28/05 (0)

I gave up on CD in anticipation of purchasing SACD two years ago - Mark Kelly 00:41:16 02/28/05 (0)

Not at all - Mossback 20:03:13 02/27/05 (0)

I not so much - DkB 18:49:30 02/27/05 (0)

Not me - jeromelang 17:07:43 02/27/05 (0)

Not a chance! - AbeCollins 13:52:15 02/27/05 (5)

You are absolutely right! - DkB 23:15:21 02/27/05 (4)

Yep... - AbeCollins 23:01:16 02/28/05 (3)

Bob Katz of Chesky records said in a interview in Stereophile: "Even 44.1kHz PCM benefits from upsampling to DSD". - Teresa 18:25:14 03/2/05 (1)

What do you expect from a fake sacd player like the accuphase? - jeromelang 19:31:47 03/1/05 (1)

Re: What do you expect from a fake sacd player like the accuphase? - AbeCollins 20:07:57 03/1/05 (0)

too restrictive - hifitommy 10:28:48 02/27/05 (1)

I also bought used as I could recoup the $6.00-$8.00 investmen twhen the SACD version was released - Teresa 13:35:11 02/27/05 (0)

For Classical I buy SACD, for Jazz and Rock I buy Redbook (nt) - vettracer 09:03:04 02/27/05 (0)

I still buy CD, but .... - akltam 05:38:22 02/27/05 (0)

Yep, I still buy CDs, too... - Russell 00:02:11 02/27/05 (0)

Re: Dumb poll question - LineArrayNut 20:34:42 02/26/05 (0)

Why would anybody do a stupid thing like that? - Chris Garrett 20:33:11 02/26/05 (6)

Chris when it becomes available are you going to replace the CD with the SACD version? - Teresa 22:13:55 02/26/05 (4)

I'm all for better sound, but no, I wouldn't want to, nor could I afford... - Chris Garrett 12:02:08 02/27/05 (3)

Chris, I'm all for keeping what you already have, but the original question was about new aquisitions - Teresa 13:58:40 02/27/05 (2)

Re: Antill's Corroboree - bublitchki 19:22:26 03/1/05 (0)

Well... - Chris Garrett 14:10:09 02/27/05 (0)

Re: Thats kind of what I think - navman 20:44:56 02/26/05 (0)

I still buy CD's... - Jim Treanor 20:20:36 02/26/05 (3)

How do you decide which recordings to buy on CD? I always goof & pick ones that end up on SACD one to six months later - Teresa 22:17:42 02/26/05 (2)

Simple... - Jim Treanor 12:04:31 02/27/05 (1)

My whole justification for even buying CDs was that obsure stuff like William Russo would never make it to SACD. - Teresa 14:12:04 02/27/05 (0)

Well..actually..Vinyl and SA-CD are fine for me. But it's not a religion (nt) - Joel_Waterman 20:13:46 02/26/05 (0)

Re: Dumb poll question - mkulfan 20:05:47 02/26/05 (3)

Dead? SACD up 64 titles in a week. total is now 2,864. - Teresa 22:22:36 02/26/05 (2)

What's the percentage?. - mkulfan 05:37:36 02/27/05 (1)

Well, Classical is my favorite type of music and what I listen to about 90% of the time. - Teresa 14:33:30 02/27/05 (0)

Re: Dumb poll question - jdaniel@jps.net 18:56:24 02/26/05 (0)

Once I seen Russo's Three Pieces for Blues Band and Orchestra on SACD. I knew it was time to quit buying new CDs. - Teresa 18:53:37 02/26/05 (0)

not me - too many SACD warhorses, no downloading - rbolaw 17:42:11 02/26/05 (0)

I like to read record review magazines... - tunenut 17:32:09 02/26/05 (1)

Too restrictive - Stephen 18:04:49 02/26/05 (1)

Re: Dumb poll question - pann 16:17:06 02/26/05 (0)

Full price CDs are poor value - Stephen 02/26/0515:25:58 02/26/05 (0)

The vast vast vast majority of recordings available (old and new) are on redbook only, so no. (nt) - Thornhill 15:14:54 02/26/05 (1)

Ya, I can't wait and hope that it gets released on SACD - Howie 19:13:45 02/26/05 (0)

I gave up on redbook CD for classical music. - Dalton 14:48:49 02/26/05 (0)

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