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SACD's to stay away from

For some reason this post I created last week was pulled from AG. I don't know why as nothing I was aware of broke the rules. Anyway...here we go again.

What SACD's have you purchased that have been a major disappointment? For the most part I am a fan of the format but there have been those discs that didn't live up to my expectations. For example:

Boston - Boston
Journey - Greatest hits
Hollywood G.Hits - Eric Kunzel (telarc)
Some pipe organ music on telarc(can't think of the title)
Deep Purple - Machine Head
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macdadtexas
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Nora Jones - Come Away with Me

I think the red book sounds better.

Not to stay away from, but I find that some really, really well produced red book CD's don't sound much better on SACD. No worse, and it's neat in multi-channel, but not a huge difference. Tierny Sutton's latest is a great example. SACD is nice, but really not any better than the red book. Well, my opinion.
macdadtexas
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Thanks. I haven't given up, in fact, I really love SACD. I like it much better than the DVD-A format, and have bought a ton of the SACD discs, mostly jazz and classical, and I have been extremely happy. Some discs just seem to be done better than others. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road on SACD is a revalation, as is the great mix of Dark Side of the Moon.

But some orchestral works and great vocal recording really have not been any better than the red books that I have heard, and they still don't sound as good as vinyl. But, it's getting there.
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