My new CDP does SACD too....

Awe, T_bone beat me to it:

http://www.sa-cd.net/reviews/all is where I go to read and write SACD reviews. You can find my reviews here:

http://www.sa-cd.net/reviews.php?user=1670

I'm not a classical listener but I do have the SFO/Mahler set and it is very highly regarded. (well i said I'm not a classical fan :)

With that out of the way I'd recommend the following rock/jazz for great stereo sound quality.

Spyro Gyra - In Modern Times (great sounding smooth jazz)
Steely Dan - Gaucho (SD always sounds great)
Allison Krause+Union Station - Live (I don't like country either but this is an incredible sounding cross-over album recorded direct to DSD. I am surprised to say it is one of my favorite SACDs!)
Dave's True Story - Unauthorized (warning 1: mature non-christian themes. Warning 2: addictive :)
Sam Cooke - Live at the Copa (In the room vocals + Big Band)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (In the room vocals)
Deep Purple - Machine Head (excellent xfer from the 70s)
The Coryells - The Coryells (great acoustic guitars ++)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (classic jazz/rock fussion)
Yellowjackets - Time Squared (straight ahead modern jazz)

There are more, but I'll leave them for others. All these discs sound great - better then the redbook versions without a doubt. Suggest staying away from Norah Jones SACD as it's just a 16 bit xfer to SACD. Lovey songs, mediocre sonics.

So that's more than three, but if you go with my top 3 (sans the Mahler) you'll have some great sounding discs. Sure Take Five and Kind of Blue are classics, but you've heard 'em already. Try my list for tunes that sound great and are a bit different.

BTW, now is great time to buy SACD - they are cheap and plentiful. This is especially true for you being a classical music fan. Betcha' can't buy just one!

Dan

There are many. I have the same CD/SACD player (and like it a lot!). I started buying a few SACD's a few weeks ago. I now have nearly fifty of them! Not sure I can narrow it down to three, but some of my favorites are Diana Krall Love Scenes, Vivaldi Four Seasons (Jansen), Brubeck 40th Anniversary Tour, Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony (Spano--as well as his other Vaughan Williams Disk but I love choral music) (Telarc SACD's are on sale and if you buy four you get one free so you can get five for around $50) and yes, the Edgar Meyer disks are great like the Appalachian Journey are great too. Beethoven's 9 Symphonies (Haitink) with the LSO is available at a great price at www.mdt.co.uk and sounds great). Lot's of choices. Enjoy and if you prefer certain genre's of music, ask and we can help.

I have no intention of building an SACD collection..

You might be surprised. I not only said those very words when I got my Universal player but I replaced many of my Redbook CDs with SACD.. Getting SACD's from vendors through Amazon are often as cheap to buy as Redbook.

For fun I bought for my Pioneer DV-AX10,

CCR - The Concert
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Blvd., Slow Hand.

For the classical SACD I would highly recommend the Mozart Violin Concertos with Marianne Thorsen and Trondheim Solistene from 2L recordings out of Norway. My other non-classical favourites would be Frankie Goes to Hollywood Rage Hard-The Sonic Collection and Genesis Invisible Touch. But my absolute favourite SACD's, which would bring you over your three starting ones, are the entire Depeche Mode catalog (12 hybrid SACDs) starting at Speak & Spell and ending at Playing the Angel. They are not available in North America. I had to import all these hybrid SACDs from Europe. Enjoy!