patricia barber - diana krall - holly cole

@immatthewj Yes, my few HDCDs don't sound better, and some sound worse, than my standard CDs. My SACDs, like yours, do sound better, and some sound phenomenal.

@tomcarr  , I guess since I've already strayed from the OP, I may as well stray a bit further.  As far as classic rock, these days I limit it to buying & listening to certain remasters that I hope will provide a good sonic presentation.  I keep checking MD to see if MFSL's "Hotel California" has progressed from TBA to being a thing.  So far it still hasn't, but when it does I will order it.  I have the DCC red-book reissue, and to my ears it doesn't sound good enough any more that I play it other than on a blue moon; I did buy the Japanese SACD, but to me, it sounds even thinner and less of everything than the DCC red-book does.

To justify that ramble above, back on topic:  do you have Patricia Barber "Companion" original red-book or any of the red-book remasters or the SACD remaster?  If so I am curious as to how you would grade them.

@immatthewj , check out the song Hotel California off the album Hell Freezes Over. It's a live version and I rate it class A.

Not sure about other P Barber albums I have, if any. Will check and let you know.

Thanks, @tomcarr  , I just did a quick search & MD has the LP (which won't fit inside my CDP) and then I took a look on ebay & I saw one by SMH . . . I've found that SHM usually does a pretty good red-book. 

Peyroux’s "Blue Room" is soul through and through.

Once I got my stereo system tuned up it began to do justice to things like "Companion" on 44.1. Downloaded my version off of allflac.com and did my usual conversion of it from flac to wav before burning a cd copy on my desktop at slow speed. All of my redbook library now sounds quite natural with all the trimmings, but I had to go back and re-burn everything.