An SACD question

I still seek them out because generally they sound great. Of course the music matters so you must be selective. I mainly purchase classical titles.

SACD is my preference but there is a lot of music that is not yet on SACD, so CD's to a minor amount still play apart.
For instance just heard Yuja Wang play Rachmaninoff's third piano concerto, and that was enough to pick up a couple of her CD's to listen to what else she can do. Yes there was not the strength of a man for the music, but the pace, rhythm, and sound more than made up for it. So am still on the bandwagon and hoping as others for still more titles

I still do although if vinyl is available I buy that.

Chuck

I still buy them, as there are still a lot of classical releases and the sound is still better to me than Red Book CD.

hi dvb:

you made an interesting comment about the sacd medium, when you mentioned "all things being equal".

do you therefore acknowledge that given the population of sacd players, it may be possible to achieve better sound from the hybrid layer when using a particular redbook player or dac/transport combination ?

for example, my favorite cd playing device is the original zanden dac.

it may be possible that the zanden, with a suitable transport could produce better sound than an sacd disc with an sacd player.

i realize "better" is subjective, but perhaps, some redbook digital hardware can exceed the quality obtainable from an sacd disc.