CD layer on hybrid SACD versus regular redbook


I recently (sadly) gave up on SACD. But I kept my hybrid discs figuring they are fine for CD playback. Is there any reason to believe that regular Redbook CDs will sound better than the CD layer of a Hyrbrid SACD?
dgaylin

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New SACD releases are coming out on a regular basis. My entire priority is to first purchase a hybrid mulit-channel SACD, then HDCD, then digitally remastered older CD recordings to 24 bit, then simply newly recorded Redbook CDs. I just purchased Honky Chateau (Elton John) for example on SACD. Oh my word, when I played it, I thought I died and went to heaven. In multi-channel (5.1), you are simply engulfed in the sound with details you never ever heard before coming at you from angles. The group Spyro Gyra is now releasing their newer CDs in SACD format. I just purchased "Wrapped in a Dream" in SACD. One word: Fabulous. So don't give up. Keep checking the SACD websites for new releases. You'd be surprised. Now I do agree, we have a long way to go but I firmly believe it's the future.