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Any benefits playing SACD's on Standard CD Player?

With my recent purchase and assessment of a Krell KAV-400xi Integrated Amplifier, I am finding that the addition of this new component can yield some drastic differences in the presentation of my selected music.

On more recently recorded CD's, the sound is full and detailed with an amazing soundstage. I am blown away by what I am hearing.

But...

On some of my Classic Rock CD's, which were recorded some 30 years ago, I am finding the Krell's presentation to be lean...lacking emphasis on the lower frequencies (and bass). IE...Aerosmith, Grateful Dead.

With my Marantz CD-17 (standard player), would I notice any benefit in purchasing some of these older recorded CD's on SACD Format?
oak3x
fofo
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The CD layer on a hybrid sacd (cd and sacd) purportedly benefits from the DSD process and sounds better than a standard cd version. Can't say I've done a direct comparison but Sony/Philips claim it is true.

As to whether this helps your issue with lean low end, well, that's another story. "Sounds better" might not necessarily mean fuller low end. Perhaps you need to let the Krell break in a bit.

pawlowski6132
592 posts
 
Technically not. HOWEVER, many Hybrid SACD releases are Remastered. And, the new Redbook layer could be better for sure.
jndean
132 posts
 
I agree with Pawlowski6132. Many of the SACDs that I have of older works have been remastered and this seems to help the cd layer as well. Of course, they probably also remastered the redbook only version. So, I might look for new remastered cds of your old thin sounding favorite cds and try a few. I'm not sure that there is much point in buying hybrid SACDs if you are not giong to use the SACD medium.
John
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czbbcl
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I have noticed along with my wife and daughter that the redbook layer on the hybrid disc sounds better more full in their words than the redbook only disc. This at least has been the case on the discs where I have both discs. I can not say that it would be true in all circumstances.

Chuck
metralla
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More full? If it has been remastered it's probably louder than the original release, and this could give a better impression in a comparison if the levels are not matched.

I would not buy a SACD for the Redbook layer.

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