Fake SACDs??

[Ralf11]

When I buy SACDs, how can I be sure they aren't just Redbook CDs that have been upsampled?

[firedog]

6 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

When I buy SACDs, how can I be sure they aren't just Redbook CDs that have been upsampled?

 

On some, (mostly classical), there is info in the booklet about how the recording was done. It can tell you, at least indirectly, what you need to know.

 

If the recording is old (before mid 90's) there wasn't really much hi-res recording to speak of. But an SACD could could have been made from an analog to DSD conversion (no PCM in there). 

 

 In fact, hi-res recording didn't really become moderately common till the middle of the first decade of THIS century, so anything before that is suspect, unless you have info about how it was done. And that is true, even today. 

[sphinxsix]

 

Fake SACDs??

 

I bet he's the one who could say something about it 

 

 

[AudioDoctor]

1 hour ago, sphinxsix said:

 

Fake SACDs??

 

I bet he's the one who could say something about it 

 

 

 

 

Have a reputation point for your post, and your signature quote!

[sphinxsix]

45 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

 

... and your signature quote!

Thanks, I'll pass it on to William..

[audiventory]

13 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

When I buy SACDs, how can I be sure they aren't just Redbook CDs that have been upsampled?

 

There is no exact way, unfortunatelly.