Should you expect the CD layer of an SACD to be better than the regular CD?

afterburnt
afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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I don't have tons of SACD's but most of them overlap. Thus the question.

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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    It depends on whether the SACD digital version is the same as the CD. If the SACD CD version is a different mastering then they aren't the same. It is also possible some SACD circuitry used to play a CD will be different from the pure CD version. So, if the mastering is better, and the playback is better then the SACD CD should be better than the CD version.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Thanks, Bud, I don't get enough critical listening time these days and I try to fit the best versions on the limited space of my laptop when I travel. But I have not had the time to just listen. God willing I will have a pretty decent setup at my other place and I just want to have some method to sort through the duplicate versions.
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