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Review by Tom April 9, 2006 (10 of 13 found this review helpful)
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Performance: Sonics (S): |
Got this one today, and have only spent about 2 hours with it.
This SACD is hot!! Extremely well recorded. And the difference between the CD and SACD layer is tremendous.
The SACD version is smooth, clean, and dynamic. At times, the harmonics of certain instruments come through. The CD layer sounds -- well -- like a CD.
I don't have the CD of this album to compare, but this SACD sounds better than I remember the album sounding.
In addition, the 20 page book, with readable print and photos, appears to be completely different from Lost Chord's booklet. Someone put a lot of effort into these releases.
And this SACD has 19 bonus cuts.
I'm very happy with this one. By the way, my SACD player is stereo, so I do not know how the 5.1 layer sounds.
Unlike In Search of the Lost Chord, this album cover does indicate that this has a 5.1 SACD layer. In Search, which in stereo only, does not indicate that it is a hybrid SACD on the cover.
Follow-up (5 days later): I've now listened to this 2 times on my SACD player and 2 times in my car. I like it more everyday. I just increased the performance rating by one notch.
It's an enjoyable, smooth, well-recorded SACD. I even like listening to the CD layer in my car.
Note that the Bonus disc is not a SACD. Still, I found the bonus CD well recorded and interesting. It's worth a couple extra dollars for the bonus disc.
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