We used the Jacintha "Autumn Leaves" SACD at the recent CES2001 with GREAT success. Small jazz group, female voice and very good recording. Using the SCD-1, SET's, horns and silver ribbon cables, the sounds were fantastic with a nice compliment from Paul Seydor who attended the recording sessions. Another reco is the upcoming "Tubular Bells" - simply astonishing and the best SACD yet....by a wide margin!
Must -have SACD's
While the new format holds quite a bit of promise a lot of the recordings currently available can sound 2-dimensional and sometimes shrill on the top end. This thread is for SACD's that are all around better recording wise than the best of redbook CD. My suggedtions are the Eric Bibb SACD on Opus 3, the Rebecca Pigeon SACD on Chesky, the Tony Bennett Unplugged on Sony, the Carmina Burana on Sony. These SACD's seem to be better than redbook CD's in pretty much every aspect and should be considered must-have's. Please list other SACD's in this category for current owners of this format so we can avoid wasted purchases of inferior quality recordings.