I have directly compared the SHM-CD and SHM-SACD versions of Dire Straits "Making Movies" on my Esoteric X-05. The CD version is very dynamic and, on first hearing, exciting and impressive. However, the SACD version sounds like real music to me: very smooth and organic and listenable. Hard to believe it's digital. When friends come over to be "blown away" by the system, I play the CD; but when I'm listening by myself, no contest - the SACD. I don't even hesitate.
By the way, I've come to consider "Making Movies" an even finer concept album than the vastly more popular "Brothers in Arms" (although I admit the title track of that album is probably unsurpassable).
By the way, I've come to consider "Making Movies" an even finer concept album than the vastly more popular "Brothers in Arms" (although I admit the title track of that album is probably unsurpassable).