[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Super Audio Compact Disc.
Where CDs are sampled at 44.1 MHz, SACDs are sampled at 2.8 GHz. So long as the source material hasn't already been downgraded to CD friendly PCM, it's to CDs what HDTV is to standard TV. Plus, it has a CD layer [so you can play the material in places where there is no SACD player], as well as both a 2 channel and 6 channel mix. So can opt for ultimate fidelity in stereo or elevated fidelity in surround. Even in surround it's higher fidelity than most DVDs, unless they are DVD-A.

Got Dark Side of the Moon ofr X-Mas, and although I've listened to it 1000s of times before, there was so much I didn't recognize [bits of dialog, certain sound effects], not to mention the surround mix. Also got Carmina Burana and Pictures at an Exhibition off the Telarc label. So basically I'm rebuying the highest fidelity sections of my CD collection, but it's worth it.

I'm half deaf. It would be wasted on me.