High quality CDs

@immatthewj thank you!! I forgot to mention the Luxman D03X that I have for CDs does not support SACDs, but it does play MQA CDs.. I just read, MFSL doesn't produce redbook CDs anymore :(

Have to keep looking..

Sounds like you need some tone controls. My former McIntosh C-22 preamp was good.

My current preamp is a Mcintosh C53 with 8 band equalizer, and that doesn't help. However, I am soon replacing the C53 with a Luxman C900U in June. The demo of the C900U at home considerably improved the CDs but would like to explore really good recording.. 

@rman9 

MoFi does make hybrid sacd's which include a Redbook layer and they are not the only ones. Check the Music Direct and Acoustic Sounds sites.

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