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Redbook Quality on Hybrid SACD's

Is it necessarily the case that listening to the redbook layer on a hybrid SACD would be any different from listening directly to a redbook CD? I am about to purchase "Opera Arias", a new (and first) release by Anna Netrebko. I have a universal DVD player (Pioneer 563a) that I could play the SACD through, just out of curiosity. But I don't want to lose quality when played as a normal CD. Advise? Thanks.
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lafish
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redbook layer of Hybrid SACD is definitely sounds better than normal CD. However, this layer still cannot compete sonic with SACD layer in SACD player, even if you put redbook layer into decent player at 10 times price of SACD player.

I did detail testing on this issue, software I tried:

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