What are the differences between XRCDs?


I own about 30 of these babies. All in very heavy beautiful card board jewel cases. I see so many xrcds in plastic jewel cases: Japan, China, Hong Kong? I don't understand. Some of my xrcds are selling for $150 and some are selling as low as $20. Most of them, however, are all in the $100 range plus or minus $30. What gives? thanks in advance
warrenh
The 1st generation XRCD (made in Japan) are out-of-print OOP.
Sure, you can find them on eBay or Amazon.

The newer variants are XRCD2 and XRCD SHM...etc.

Happy Listening!
I own many XRCD, XRCD2 and XRCD24s. They do not all sound excellent. The fact that a CD is a XRCD does not necessarily guarantee superb sonics. If anyone thinks that, they are mistaken. However many do sound excellent, in fact probably most, but not every single one.