Are Japanese SHM-CD pressings worth the price difference?


Looking to buy some of these pressings, but have some reservations. At twice the price of domestic CDs are they worth it sonically? 
hiendmmoe

Showing 1 response by sbank

Got to admit I am surprised by the responses. After reading the title, I expected many to splash praise on SHMs; a number of them I've got sound better than not only redbook domestic (USA) versions, but they also crush some over-hyped high-res versions.
As @tom6897 stated, could be system dependent and YMMV, but I have a number of friends with very high end systems and this is one of those rare musical topics on which we all agree! Cheers,
Spencer