Re: Why do SACDs sound better? (Soft troll)



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"Glenn Richards" <glenn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:

I am, nevertheless,
interested to know why exactly is it that SACDs (stereo) sound so
much better than the equivalent CDs?

Same reason that DVD-Audio discs sound better. They aren't compressed
(dynamic range compression I mean) to within an inch of their life,
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Never bought a sacd disc but would one sound any better than, say, a
digitally re-mastered cd, played back on a cd player (not sacd cd player)?
John the West Ham fan
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