Others for consideration: the two Stevie Ray Vaughan releases, "Couldn't Stand the Weather" and "Texas Flood." Absolutely phenomenal! My system has never sounded better. Also amazing is WaterLily Acoustic's "Nature's Realm" with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Right now I'm waiting for Mighty Sam McClain's "Soul Survivor" by Audioquest. The Redbook version of Soul Survivor is terrific I'm wondering how it will be topped by the SACD format.
Must -have SACD's
While the new format holds quite a bit of promise a lot of the recordings currently available can sound 2-dimensional and sometimes shrill on the top end. This thread is for SACD's that are all around better recording wise than the best of redbook CD. My suggedtions are the Eric Bibb SACD on Opus 3, the Rebecca Pigeon SACD on Chesky, the Tony Bennett Unplugged on Sony, the Carmina Burana on Sony. These SACD's seem to be better than redbook CD's in pretty much every aspect and should be considered must-have's. Please list other SACD's in this category for current owners of this format so we can avoid wasted purchases of inferior quality recordings.