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Redbook layer on SACD - good enough?

New age is coming... just discovered a title that does exist on SACD, but doesn't (on the labels I would like) on CD. I thought to buy SACD with CD layer to play on my Sim Nova CDP, but my concern is whether being on SACD can compromise redbook quality comparing to a "pure" CD.

Your thoughts, please?
dmitrydr

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dmitrydr OP
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Lafish: I've got SACDP some time before, and then discovered that mastering quality on available SACDs isn't as good as on good CDs (IMO), so I decided to get a good CDP instead. When SACD will be mastering with XRCD quality -then it won.
Kr4: is it common to manufacturers to make CD layer worse then SACD layer intentionally?
dmitrydr OP
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What about Aroc's comment:"The cd pickup (780 nm) would have to read through the transparent layer designed for the 650 nm SACD pickup"?
No matter what, SACD layer cannot affect focusing, whatever, of CD layer?
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