SACD sounds better than CD on CD player?

 

Bronze Member
Username: Hieu_phan

Post Number: 12
Registered: Dec-03
I own a CD-only player and have been using CD's. However, I heard from some sources that hybrid SACD really sounds better than CD on a CD player. Is it true?
 

Silver Member
Username: My_rantz

Australia

Post Number: 106
Registered: Nov-05
Sometimes that's true because the cd version of an SACD is usually improved sonically because it is mixed from the DSD master using a process called super bit mapping.
 

Bronze Member
Username: Hieu_phan

Post Number: 13
Registered: Dec-03
I just bumped into a discussion on the net that says hybrid SACD is only better than CD if it's REMASTERED. I assume it means there is no quality improvement if the CD layer on hybrid SACD is an original record.
 

New member
Username: Willy_57

Moerbeke waas, Oost-vlaanderen Belgium

Post Number: 1
Registered: May-06
I have the remastered "Tubular Bell" by Mike Oldfield and "Medulla" by Bjork and those sound really wonderfull on my normal player.They are both SACD.But to compare I should have the normal versions wich I haven't for obvious reasons.
 

Gold Member
Username: Petergalbraith

Rimouski, Quebec Canada

Post Number: 1523
Registered: Feb-04
I've heard the opposite opinion on another forum, but my best sounding CD (to my ears) happens to be a hybrid (Diana Krall, Girl in the other room).
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