I’ve embarked on an auditory odyssey over the years, meticulously curating a digital library of SACDs. The collection has blossomed to an impressive array of roughly 3,000 albums, encapsulating just under 10TB of pure, high-resolution audio bliss.
I’m reaching out to connect with enthusiasts who’ve also ventured into extensive SACD collections. If your passion for sonic perfection has led you to amass a similar trove, I propose a harmonious exchange. Let’s unite our efforts in expanding our libraries. Whether it’s a swap or a shared experience of albums the other may lack, the goal is to mutually enrich our digital collections.
Share your list, and let’s discuss potential exchanges! Our collective pursuit of acoustic excellence knows no bounds.
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A little over 200 of my own SACD rips, a handful of DSD downloads. Most of it Classic Rock/Pop & Jazz, a little over 10% classical albums.
Damn that’s cool. I only have about 50 and they’re all pretty mainstream. I had no idea there was even 3k records released on sacd. How do you rip them?
Google Lidarr and newsgroups.
I recently started downloading SACD album files. I have to say there is something to the way DSD conveys an analog source. The sound is holographic compared to PCM. I’m converted, F everyone lol.
When you have a setup that can truly handle DSD’s capabilities, the soundstage often does come across as cleaner and more expansive than PCM. There’s a certain depth and effortless quality to the audio that, to my ears, feels closer to the original performance.
That’s a large collection of SACD. Good for you. I have about 150 SACDs that I ripped using a Sony blu-ray player. I am eyeing the T+A DAC200 for next year. Need to save a bit for that.
What player are you using and which DAC? I use Foobar2000 to convert FLAC to 512 DSD played through a Oppo UDP-205, that is used purely as a DAC. Of course, i don’t convert the DSF files to 512, as Foobar2000 would first convert them to PCM.
Converting a FLAC file (PCM) to DSD? Is there really sonic benefits? I’ll have to look into that.
So, most people would think that by upsampling a low res file to a higher bit might add data to that and probably sound better. That is completely incorrect.
I recently came across a podcast where Peter Comeau where he nicely explain in layman’s terms how upsampling pushes the digital noise farther in the frequency band and that leads to “less noise” at audible levels. If you are interested, search for Darko audio’s “10 hifi myths busted”. In fact I was made aware of this podcast here on Reddit.
Your “high resolution” bliss is often sourced from decades old analog tapes.
You’re right, a lot of these high-res gems do come from old-school analog tapes. But that’s part of the charm. Digitizing them gives those classics a fresh spin, making them sound crisp on today’s gear. It’s like giving a vintage wine a new glass to shine in.
About 85 .iso rips, predominantly classical and jazz.