Originally Posted by
Tom Swaman
Gary,
What you wrote is what I have experienced. The only time I purchase an SACD or Hybrid SACS is when I cannot get the music I want in a good quality CD. I have also done some testing with high resolution downloads. This is a near total rip-off. If you carefully look at the price of the high resolution downloads, you will find the costs go up with the apparent resolution and many of the albums offered are only a portion of the original album. Furthermore, many of today's commercial streaming devices cannot handle the higher sampling rate or bit depth and the extra memory required to handle the music you cannot hear is a near total waste. Frankly, I have found the extra money is better spent having the original hard drives stress tested so you know you have a good quality hard drive from the start.
Have a wonderful week,
Tom