it's easy:
try to decisde which sounds better to you.
listen to a dual layer disc on several sacd/universal players and see which sounds better.
suppose after listening to e.g., 10 sacd players with a variety of discs, you prefer the sacd.
the next step is to listen to the redbook layer on your preferred cd player and the sacd layer on a preferred sacd
player. which do you prefer ??
essentially, you are comparing a very good cd player vs a very good sacd player, using dual layer discs.
be careful how you do this.
my experience tells me that remastered 16 bit cds don't always sound better than the original 16 bit.
you need a mix of current recordings and remastered 16 bit recordings. note all the differences.
this is not easy because, in the final analysis if you can't do this on your own system, it may be difficult to a meaningful analysis at a dealer.
hope this helps.
try to decisde which sounds better to you.
listen to a dual layer disc on several sacd/universal players and see which sounds better.
suppose after listening to e.g., 10 sacd players with a variety of discs, you prefer the sacd.
the next step is to listen to the redbook layer on your preferred cd player and the sacd layer on a preferred sacd
player. which do you prefer ??
essentially, you are comparing a very good cd player vs a very good sacd player, using dual layer discs.
be careful how you do this.
my experience tells me that remastered 16 bit cds don't always sound better than the original 16 bit.
you need a mix of current recordings and remastered 16 bit recordings. note all the differences.
this is not easy because, in the final analysis if you can't do this on your own system, it may be difficult to a meaningful analysis at a dealer.
hope this helps.