SACD

I am a person who has tried a lot of tweaks over the years. Some didn't help or made things worse; and yet most have found a place as a permanent part of my system(s). I have a fair number of SACDs and they sound really good, but not necessarily better than my standard CDs.
I also had a high end analog set-up which blew away early CDs, but newer ones have come a long way and there are a lot of things that can be done to improve these red book CDs and bring them to a very competitive level with high end analog rigs.

Don’t forget there are also those called XRCD which are Supposed to be better than the SACDs

SACD sounds better right???

Ah, no.

Cheers George

Yes, most of the time - George.Happy Listening!

I am one of those who went away from SACD. They sound good when the whole recording chain was done via SACD. Unfortunately, there are a few audiophile records, most is unimportant.
The Majority of SACD use the 44.1 master and it is converted to SACD. Most sound clear but sterile/boring.
Maybe (or for sure) I am a minority, had SACD Player, sold it and the one in use is for regular CD only. From my experience, the best sounding CD’s are those which were made in the 90’s, at the beginning of the Digital Hype. Most Studios still had - some - analog units in the mastering chain (AAD).
There are endless cheap 2. hand CD’s available, you can buy a dozen for small money and when you really like one or the other you can look for the expensive SACD. I did it that way at the end.
What is generally very good, imo better, is XRCD from Japan.