Sad issue is I have had some stuff that I got on hybrid, ran in SACD, and then my friend had very recent redbook remasters from around 2002' up for the same disc, and in SACD vs. the remastered Redbook the Red sounded more dynamic, had better bottom end, and sounded less edgy on my redbook dac, now again this was mostly rock stuff, and things like peter gabriel, Roxy music, Bowie, Steely Dan, Floyd, Aerosmith, Alice in chains etcÂ… Also my friend had a Roxy SACD hybrid, and vs. my Standard brand new at the time Remaster Redbook, it Got stomped, he went and dumped the Hybrid immediately to get the new Redbook version..
But yeah I have since eliminated SACD and all the universal machines from my system that have been battling with me for the last 4 years.. I know people swear by SACD with mostly the Jazz and classical stuff, I have a few Jazz CD's that also in remastered form . Now for me if you want SACD the reality is from my experience worry about getting the surround format of it working and you might gain something different from them in 5.1, 2 channel they are rendered pointless vs. Vinyl or excellent redbook in my opinion. I went deep into DVD-A as well for a while on my surround setup, most were Horrible for some reason, and actually DTS DVD's were better in general. So unless you have found some that are in fact better in SACD, and I am not saying it is not possible, than don't worry about it.
But yeah I have since eliminated SACD and all the universal machines from my system that have been battling with me for the last 4 years.. I know people swear by SACD with mostly the Jazz and classical stuff, I have a few Jazz CD's that also in remastered form . Now for me if you want SACD the reality is from my experience worry about getting the surround format of it working and you might gain something different from them in 5.1, 2 channel they are rendered pointless vs. Vinyl or excellent redbook in my opinion. I went deep into DVD-A as well for a while on my surround setup, most were Horrible for some reason, and actually DTS DVD's were better in general. So unless you have found some that are in fact better in SACD, and I am not saying it is not possible, than don't worry about it.