Any favorite SACD's that offer a substantial improvement over their redbook counterparts? Mine are: DAVE BRUBECK "TIME OUT", MILES DAVIES "KIND OF BLUE", TITANIC SOUNDTRACK, GETZ GILBERTO.
I'm just going to tag along for the ride, here, if'n y'all don't mind. My favorite so far has been DSOTM, though Dylan's Highway 61 and The Police are also sounding pretty darn good to me.
A hybrid SACD orginally recorded in 1960(!)that has sonics that are truly superb. Great drive! Pulsating, throbing acoustic bass. Powerful, tonally accurate horns. Clean clear, shimmering percussion and drums! Modern, yet accessible, jazz from a player on par with Coltrane, Coleman, and Parker. A must have! Trust me!
Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy The Kinks - Misfits Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
and the RCA Living Stereo SACD's (All of them)
Captain Fantastic is magnificent. Misfits and Oh Mercy aren't reference quality, but very good. But I listen to them more often because the music is superior.
The RCA releases are among the best out there. Don't think that because they're old recordings that they might still sound old. They don't. Whoever made those original recordings were geniuses.
Rebecca Pidgeon. "THE RAVEN". The nuances, detail is unbelievable. Great vocals and songs. Shows what your system is really capable of with a great recording (CHESKY)
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