While Classical music and Jazz are the predominant genres of music given the SACD treatment, it isn't entirely limited to that. SACDs are still being released by numerous amounts of companies, but many of them are Reissue labels (i.e. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab).
May I ask, what is the rest of your system?
It's a work in progress, as we say in the hobby.
The display is a
Pioneer Elite Pro-111FD 50" I got back when Pioneer announced they were getting out of the PDP market. Sad times, but a great opportunity for buyers then! The AVR is an
HTR-5440, one of 2 holdovers from a mid-2000s
Yamaha HTiB we picked up that's only still in service because both the AVR and my BDP have analog audio ports! The speakers are the most recently upgraded. They're several standout pieces from
Andrew Jones' Pioneer line, primarily the
SP-FS52 floor standers, the
SP-C22 center (which is frickin' HUGE, and my wife hates the look of it, but appreciates the quality sound coming from it, so she doesn't complain much), and the
SP-BS22 monitors for rears. The sub is the other holdover from the Yamaha HTiB and is awful! A true fartbox. The Blu-ray player is the
Pioneer BDP-51FD with some amazing Wolfson audio DACs for CD playback. The correct 24p handling and these DACs are the only reasons I tolerate the molasses-slow disc loading and lack of BD Profile 2.0 or network firmware-upgradeability. I have an OTA antenna for HD local broadcasts, a
Sony PS3 slim, which we barely use as a BDP, but use more for Netflix and Youtube since Sony added it to its smart features. There's also an
Apple TV that we swap back and forth between the downstairs LR TV and the Kuro that we use for Netflix, iTunes rentals, and HBO Go, mostly.
I say all that to say that, the reasons I'm looking at the
Oppo BDP-103 are its universal disc playback, faster loading speeds, all along with video playback at least equal to - if not slightly better than - my
BDP-51FD
I'm also timing the purchase of the last two major components of the theater - a new AVR and a new sub. For the AVR, I've got it picked out. I'll be going for the
Marantz (you thought I was gonna say
Pioneer, didn't you? hmmmm...)
SR-5008, for its thoughtful audio features, 5 channel pre-outs, easy navigation of FLAC/ALAC files via USB stick on the front USB port and support for 96/24 audio. The sub? I'm getting a great deal on a
Velodyne Impact 12. The power, extension and precision in my smallish to mediumish 14 x 19 room will be a huge upgrade over what I have. I know the reputation of ID brands like
Hsu, and
SVS, and agree with you. Normally, it would be my first choice, but for what I'm getting the Velodyne for, they don't make sense. I'll be installing one at first, placing it on an
Auralex Gramma from Amazon to decouple it from the floor joists (remember, we're on the second floor here, and I don't want the windows rattling when I watch Pacific Rim!
) If the single Impact 12 goes over well with the Missus - and she's been very understanding of my hobby so far - I'll be adding a second one to smooth out room modes and to take some of the strain off the single Velodyne.
