DVD-A: Eagles "Hotel California" - light years ahead in 2-channel reproduction compared to red-book "re-mastered" (really?) cd on TEAC 500-series through pair of Verios. One caveat - track marking or chapters, highly audible pop or click between each track; otherwise very open and intimate without claustrophobia.
Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" - again compared to red-book though not in this case a remastered CD, two-channel blossoms as though you were in the studio when they created this classic; "Never going back again" seems to have been "remixed" allowing a previously unheard/buried, though tasty guitar/lute lick to be out front. One B-side extra track for completist. This has always been a favorite, and this version has given me reason to play more often, yet again.
Donald Fagan "I.G.Y." - never hearing the redbook version I can make that comparison, but knowing how precise the Steely Dan (later years) studio recordings and remaster redbook recordings have been, I would risk saying that it is what would be expected of him - a pleasure anyday of my lifetime. Enjoyable today. Enjoy today. Enjoy.
Got the Stones new editions but do not have SACD on which to audition the SACD portinos, however, the redbook layer is remarkable, refreshing the verve, vitality, aned spirit of the music - something lacking in both live performances and studio recordings from the Stones in the last 15-plus years. Mick Taylor Stones were my favorite Stones (on Virgin remaster 20-bit) but these go a long way to fatten up the space in my collection under the Rolling Stones. Most enjoyable "Beggar's banquet", "Let it Bleed" and "Get Your Ya-yas Out".
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