{"id":12005,"date":"2024-02-20T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T00:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12005"},"modified":"2024-02-20T14:50:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T14:50:30","slug":"media-pioneer-dvd-player-sacd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12005","title":{"rendered":"MEDiA: Pioneer DVD Player\u2026 & SACD?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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So\u2026 I have the Pioneer DV-565 A-S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Years ago I bought two TEAC Hi-Fi separates. I think they were both pretty pricey n\u2019all. Although I forget now exactly what I paid. One component was an amplifier. Which I still have. The other was a DVD-player. But it was a DVD-player that – I was told\/sold – would play back audio CDs very well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, alas, the DVD player never worked. And I took it back under warranty to have it fixed. They say on it for over a year. And when I eventually said \u2018it\u2019s the working omachine back now, or a full refund; I\u2019ve paid for a device I\u2019ve not had for aeons\u2026\u2019 etc, they fobbed me off, as I saw it, with this unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wanting this prompted this whole shebang.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m only just learning – maybe 15-20 years later? – that whilst it doesn\u2019t look remotely like the replacement of like for like that I wanted, it might actually be an ok machine. And here\u2019s why\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So gloovy\u2026 you get a poster n\u2019 everything!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In seeking out various 50th Anniversary reissues of numerous ol\u2019 musical favourites, I\u2019ve learned that Sony Japan are reissuing lots of early Santana, including such wonders as Caravanserai<\/em> and his Sri Chimnoy themed Mahavishnu collab\u2019 Love Devotion & Surrender<\/em>, in super-deluxe SACD versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ve never<\/em> listened to this\u2026 I didn\u2019t know I could.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I had a better than religious epiphany to The Life Divine, off this album, in my late teens. So this record has a very<\/em> special place in my heart! But I was lamenting the fact that – out of around 1,000+ albums I own on CD, only one or two are SACD (eg Steely Dan\u2019s Everything Must Go<\/em>) – meaning I thought I\u2019d have to fork out for an SACD player for the sake of a paltry two or three discs in my entire collection. Obviously not worth it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in researching \u2018affordable SACD players\u2019, I learned that I\u2019ve already got a machine that\u2019ll play SACD<\/em>, and indeed have had one for donkeys years. I just didn\u2019t know it! The people at Cambridge Hi-Fi, where I bought the two TEAC units originally, prob\u2019 sold it to me with this as part of their patter. But I either didn\u2019t hear; didn\u2019t comprehend; and\/or did, I forgot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just ordered this, for \u00a39.99<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So, having discovered I have an SACD playing DVD-player, I\u2019ve finally ordered a new remote for it. The old one ceased working several years ago. This might also mean I can finally watch Police Squad <\/em>without g\u2019damn English subtitles!?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Years ago I bought two TEAC Hi-Fi separates. I think they were both pretty pricey n\u2019all. Although I forget now exactly what I paid. One component was an amplifier. Which I still have. The other was a DVD-player. But it was a DVD-player that – I was told\/sold – would play back audio CDs very … <\/p>\n

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