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Redbook Quality on Hybrid SACD's

Is it necessarily the case that listening to the redbook layer on a hybrid SACD would be any different from listening directly to a redbook CD? I am about to purchase "Opera Arias", a new (and first) release by Anna Netrebko. I have a universal DVD player (Pioneer 563a) that I could play the SACD through, just out of curiosity. But I don't want to lose quality when played as a normal CD. Advise? Thanks.
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nealhood
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I think there is some variation here. Yes, there was a recent thread on AA Hi-Res about this. In any event, although I am still out to lunch on this topic even after reading all the posting, I can confirm that some CD layers on SACD hybrids sound better than their redbook only predecessors (Tommy, some of the Stones, etc) and, some are a disappointment (Elton John GBYBR for example).

I don't think there is consistency here.
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