Lawrence Leung wrote in message ...
Hi, after all these SACD vs. DVD-A posts, I have a question: How about
XRCD?

JVC created this kind of format, claimed is a 20bits adoptation from the
original master tape, and claimed to be the best sound CD that you can
imagine.

I have the XRCD sampler, pretty good I should say, but they all jazz music,
I wish I could have more vocal and wide range classical music.

I ran the XRCD on one of systems as below:

Parasound Halo P3 pre-amp
Parasound Halo A21 power amp
CEC 3300 CD-Player
Soliloquy 6.3
All balance interconnects
Bi-wire speaker cable: 10AWG 5N Silver plated 6N copper (top) & 8AWG 6N
copper (bottom)

Let me know what you think about the XRCD...

Lawrence Leung

When buying music, I have always been wary of formats that claim to
make a recording sound better based solely on the superiority of the
format. There are no magic bullets. No matter what is claimed for
any given format, (indeed, no matter how potentially superior a given
format may in fact be over others) if the utmost care in production
and mastering is not taken, the final product we purchase will be
inferior. There is no substitute for excellent mastering and
production. Period. This is where the XRCD shines!

Mike McC