XRCD: to be or not to be...

For what it is worth, I find the XRCD version of Bill Evans' Waltz for Debbie better than the "regular" 20-bit remaster (and I have not heard the new 24-bit XRCD version), enough so that if I had to buy a new copy, I would buy the XRCD. This may say as much about the album as XRCD as I am not sure I would spend the extra cash on all XRCDs vs 20-bit remasters (though Jacintha and Sonny Rollins' Saxophone Colossus were also better on XRCD). FWIW, I find the recent Analogue Productions SACD version of Waltz For Debbie as good as or better than the 20-bit XRCD.

yes they are way better than the original,i have a few of them,BUT STAY AWAY FROM "AUTUM IN SEATTLE"it is the wors ever recording ever ,you hear a noise(electronic noise)
i sent back the cd to FIM and the owner told me that the noise was coming from the recording tape that they use during the recording session.the noise is very disturbing and is not subtle.so other than that XRCD are fantastic

XRCD is as good as 16/44 gets. I'm a vinyl nut, and I find myself still enjoying an XRCD now and then.

XRCD - $25 are great, XRCD2 - $40 a disc is a rip! I only have one XR2 disc and really can't say how much better it is than the original XR format. My point is, why do I only have one disc? How many can you buy at $40 a pop.

Tubemiser- The only discs that are $40 are the Japanese Import XRCD2's and there are only 5(that I know of) Japanese imports- and there are MANY XRCD2's out there and they are the same price as the original's.