I just heard an SACD for the first time - damn


I just listened to my first ever SACD on my new Marantz SA-7S1. The difference was uncomfortably noticeable, especially going back to listen to a Redbook CD afterwards - the CD sounded pinched and grainy by comparison, like going from a great preamp to a much lesser one. I'm more a smooth and electric jazz listener, so there just aren't many SACD titles for me. Such a damn shame it's not taking off, it's really wonderful stuff!
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Narrod - you got it. Try Aerosmith box set Gold of their first three albums - it is the same sound as the SACD made by Doug Sax two years earlier - same remaster and sounds just as good. PInk Floyd DSOTm was mixed "hot" on the CD to give SACD the advantage....