Audiogon "SACD's TO DIE FOR" list

I don't know about substantial improvement but Telarc Mahlers are a lot of fun. Bernstein on Sony is really good. Actually a lot of Sony Classical reissues are pretty good. Bruno's recordings aren't that great sounding IMO but the music is worth it. Snell's have pretty good sound quality.

I really like the Fidelis recordings they are hybrid discs and I have never listened to the redbook layer,so I can not comment about that. I also like the Hilary Hahn Bach recordings. As others have mentioned Patricia Barber, Jacintha (not sure of spelling), Diana Krall, AKUS, to name a few. I would go look as their are a few more that I like, but I am to lazy to get up.

Chuck

harmonia mundi "le nozzi di figaro" conducted by rene jacobs. you are there! amadeus soundtrack, live at red rose music, telarc symphonie fantastique jarvi condutor.

aloha keith

I have about 40 SACDs. My favorites include Patricia Barber's Companion, Diana Krall's Girl in the Other Room,especially Temptation(Tom Waites) and Black Crow(Joni Mitchell),Diana Krall's Love Scenes(the bass in All or Nothing At All is tremendous),Mary Chapin Carpenter's Time*Sex*Love, Ray Brown's Soular Energy, Yo-Yo Ma's Obrigado Brazil, Stereophile's K622 Mozart Clarinet Concerto, Murray Perahia's Goldberg Variations, Wynton Marsalis's London Concert, Hilary Hahn's Brahms, any of George Szell's Cleveland Orchestra including the Grieg, Bizet and Mussorgsky, and The Allman Brothers' Eat a Peach and At the Fillmore East. John Dean

I have to say I enjoy The Gene Harris Quartet Title: Listen Here! This SACD was transferred directly fron the original analog tapes into 24-channel DSD where it was mixed for 5.1 surround. I also enjoy it a lot in stereo. A very relaxing recording, with the clarity of being there.