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First SACD to Listen To?

Despite having been an early adopter of CD's (I still have my Magnavox 650 in storage), I have never listened to an SACD. (I have listened to DVD-A's and was very impressed, but we know what happened to that format.)

My CEC TL-1x/Dodson 218 combo does not play SACD, but I have an Oppo 980h which I understand does. If I were to buy one SACD to get a sense of how that format sounds, which would you recommend? I generally listen to folk rock, some jazz, some classical.

Thanks.

Neal
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timrhu
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With the Beck cd you can also compare the HDCD feature on the OPPO. I still doubt you will get a true representation of SACD or HDCD with the OPPO, it just isn't all that good, IMO.
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lokie
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I just thought of two more that are good sacd fun:
Roxy Music's Avalon and Brian Ferry's Boys and Girls... both very slick and polished.
toufu
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If you are into Rock, then definately Dark Side of the Moon, but if you are into classical music, then I would recommand Pentatone SACD Sampler 1.
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kops
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also Alisson Krauss Live, amazing music and sound.
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lokie
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I didn't think DSOM was that much better. The George Harrison "Live in Japan" was a let down. I was also disappointed with 461 Ocean Blvd which really bummed me out because that is one of my favorite Eric Clapton albums. Wish I could find a good recording of it... both cd and sacd sound compressed.

To the positive side, a really, really good jazz sacd is
'Keystone 3" by Art Blakely and the Jazz messengers. And if you ever want to get laid by an older women try John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman. Don't think the xer's would go for this but a cougar in her late forties wouldn't have a chance.
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