SACD s to die for

--Mahler Symphony No. 2, on Delos, a 20 bit pcm recording that still sounds superb; also, the latest Delos SACD release with the Shostakovich String Symphony is also excellent

--Audioquest Blues Sampler

--the Lyrinx recording of Musique Francais for clarinet and piano

--Appalachian Journey, Yo Yo Ma et al

--Bach Goldberg Variations, Perihia (I cannot spell his name, sorry!)

--the Hyperion recording of French string trios with the Florestan Trio

--Gaudeamus, Sacred Feast on dmp.

The Telarc Dukas and Hovahnnes discs are pretty good as well. I just got their 1812 Overture disc, will listen this weekend (could not resist, I'm a sucker for the sonic spectaculars once every 10 years or so!). Thanks for the Opus 3 recommendation, I was considering it but wasn't sure about the content--it sounds very interesting.

Here's my list:

Blood, Sweat & Tears
Flim and BBs, Tricycle
Jay McShann, What a wonderful life.
Santana, Abraxas
Oldfield, Tubular Bells
Armstrong Plays Handly
Doug MacLeod, Whose Lies and Unmarked Road
Rebecca Pidgeon, The Raven
Ellington, Blues in Orbit
Oscar Peterson, A Very Tall Band
Kenny Loggins, Greatest Hits
Carole King, Tapestry

Thanks all. I agree that many of the smaller lable stuff (Opus, Chesky, etc.) are quite good. Please fell free to add to the lsit as you hear new releases.

I am however very disappointed in what Sony has done with some of their re-releases of the classic rock I grew up with. For exapmple, I expected better sound from Boston and other releases which I bought. And I remember the Moblie Fidelity cassettes of Carole King sounded better than the SACD -- too bad MF is gone! In retrospect, I quess there's only so much you can squeeze out of those 70's recordings -- it just seems odd that Sony would go this route after investing so much in the making of such damm good hardware.

Lornecherry,

Music Direct (amusicdirect.com) has purchased the Mobile Fidelity equipment, inventory, name, and rights, and plans to resurrect Mobile Fidelity from the grave. I do not know when. I saw the announcement about one month ago.

By the way, I agree something went wrong with Carole King's voice in Tapestry, but the music sounds fine. I still love the album. Thanks for not picking on me.

By the way, in my opinion Music Direct is the best source of SACDs. Just search on SACD. Good selection and generally the lowest price. Service is the best.

I also understand that all of MoFi recent remastering were in DSD. Too bad that they went out of business. I bet by now we would have seen 10 or more SACDs from them rather than one.