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Must -have SACD's

While the new format holds quite a bit of promise a lot of the recordings currently available can sound 2-dimensional and sometimes shrill on the top end. This thread is for SACD's that are all around better recording wise than the best of redbook CD. My suggedtions are the Eric Bibb SACD on Opus 3, the Rebecca Pigeon SACD on Chesky, the Tony Bennett Unplugged on Sony, the Carmina Burana on Sony. These SACD's seem to be better than redbook CD's in pretty much every aspect and should be considered must-have's. Please list other SACD's in this category for current owners of this format so we can avoid wasted purchases of inferior quality recordings.
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rcprince
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There is a Lyrinx recording of the Beethoven 1st and 3rd Piano Concertos available on SACD which has extremely natural sound, particularly the piano (as does the Sony Classical disc of Periah playing the Bach Goldberg Variations, also a good disc). The recording was made with tubed microphones, I think, and may have had the main array of mikes set back a little from the orchestra, because the sound of the strings on this recording has none of the brightness you associate with any modern recordings of orchestral strings--in fact, some may think it sounds dull on the top, or that their tweeters have cut out! Anyone else out there tried this one?
ears
341 posts
 
Jeff beck blow by blow is the best older recording i have heard so far. joe satriani is by far the best sounding sacd i have listened to,but it is no surfing with the alien.
njonker
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Telarc has an SACD out of the Dave Brubeck 40th anniversary tour of the UK. It was recorded in DSD, and on my system it sounds like absolute magic. This is a dual mode (CD and SACD) disc. I have listened to it in both modes numerous times on my SCD-1, and I think I can actually hear the improvement in SACD reproduction over CD. To test, I did a few blind tests with my spouse, and I got it right 13 out of 15 tries.

The recording is very open and detailed, very pleasant.

Niels.
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jadem6
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I just received Mike Oldfield "Tubular bells", very fun. I think this music was composed by Mike 30 years to soon, clearly SACD on a Hi-fi system is what he had in mind.
I also picked up Monks' "straight no chaser" very clean, low tape noise, great drum and sax reproduction. The base is a bit light, maybe too far from the mike during recording and Monks' piano sounds a tad distant, and has a '40s sound quality, not tinny just not right. All in all a good disk and worth the money if you like Monk. I also got a couple DMP disks, I'll let you know after I try them out. J.D.
drubin
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Good post, Niels. I must say, if the difference between the CD playback and the SACD playback is that subtle ("I think I can actually hear the improvement"), what's the point of SACD? With the high price of the software, it ought to hit you over the head with improvement. I find the differences a little more dramatic personally, but I think Niels's post is interesting.
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