It has come to my attention that BIS Records, an SACD label, has been recording in high-bit PCM, not DSD, since 2005. They were simply transcoding to SACD for the consumer disc release. This means that any rave review of a BIS recording since '05 was in effect, a rave for high-bit PCM. Was Kal one of those ravers ?
BIS now joins Sony, Naxos, DG and Telarc in dumping SACD.
Things look pretty dark on SACD's sound as well. Anyone familiar with top-flight CD playback (CD ONLY playback, not hybrid machines) will put CD ahead of SACD on sound quality. They might not jump out and say it...but it's true. Meridian's 808.2 CD player is just one of a new wave of players doing it......