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SACD

SACD sounds better right???
all of my stuf flooded 4’ 4 days.
i have no money but I am replacing a headphone setup and I feel I must have in CD player SACD because it sounds much better, am I right?????? Help!!
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oiche_shamhna
Absolutely! nice SACD selections you have there, especially, The Moody Blues.  Happy Listening!
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My problem with SACD's is their price. They don't cost any more to manufacture than do CD's, right? Seems like price gouging to me. If the SACD and LP of an album title are the same price, I'm buyin' the LP.
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bdp24
the price of a SACD corresponds to Licensing Fees (like any other format). The CD, as it were, has been over-priced for decades for the same reason. Not sure if statute(s) are still on the book(s) for the LP due to its format age.  

Happy Listening!
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Ah, okay jafant. I've noticed some titles on CD have reached ridiculously low prices recently, like five bucks for a fairly recent Rodney Crowell album. Too bad I already have it!
ian_of_glos
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Is this post still active? If so then I would like to add a few comments of my own.

About 6 months ago I finally took the plunge and bought my first SACD player. In most cases my SACDs do sound better than similar recordings on CD, although I do accept that this might be due to better recording or remastering techniques. It is logical that the recording engineers would  put more effort into a recording that they thought was likely to be played by audiophiles on high end equipment. However I have also experimented with playing the CD layer and the SACD layer of same disc and again I believe the SACD layer sounds better. It is not true of every disc but generally speaking the SACD sound has more depth to it and the SACDs do not produce that harsh sound that I find with some of my recordings on CD.

One thing I would like to mention is that the SACD format is not dead and some of the smaller labels continue to release new recordings on SACD - BIS, LSO Live, Pentatone and Channel Classics are all remarkably good and I have noticed that recently Chandos have released some of their recordings as SACDs 

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