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Super Audio CD (SACD)

The SACD experience is best described as "virtual reality" for sound



Super Audio CD Overview  

Super Audio CD overviewSuper Audio CD (SACD) promises a new level of high fidelity audio reproduction that blows away the Compact Disc (CD).  With its all-new Direct Stream Digital (DSD) technology, which results in a new level of musical transparency, and multi-channel discrete audio capability, SACD delivers a compelling and immersive audio experience that is best described as "virtual reality" for sound.

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SACD Music Reviews 

> Erich Kunzel - "Music of the Beatles"
   (multi-channel SACD)

> Erich Kunzel - "On Broadway"
   (stereo SACD)

> Mormon Tabernacle - "The Sound of Glory"
   (multi-channel SACD)

> Billy Joel - "The Stranger"
   (multi-channel SACD)

> Erich Kunzel - "Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
   (multi-channel SACD)

> Gloria Estefan - "Alma Caribeña (Caribbean 
   Soul)" (stereo SACD)

> Gloria Estefan - "Greatest Hits"  
   (stereo SACD)

> Jerry Goldsmith - "The Film Music of Jerry  
   Goldsmith" (multi-channel SACD)

> The Mormon Tabernacle Choir - "A Mormon
   Tabernacle Choir Christmas"
   (multi-channel SACD)

> Spyro Gyra - "In Modern Times"
   (multi-channel SACD)

> Warren Bernhardt - "So Real"  
   (multi-channel SACD)

 

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Featured SACD Reviews 

Jerry Goldsmith - "The Film Music of Jerry Goldsmith"
Jerry Goldsmith's "The Film Music of Jerry Goldsmith" SACD, click here to read our reviewJerry Goldsmith is the composer and conductor for many movie scores and TV theme songs such as "Along Came A Spider", "Hollow Man", "The Mummy", "The Haunting", "Star Trek: The Motion Picture", "Air Force One", "Planet of the Apes" (1967). His credits also includes TV theme songs such as "The Waltons" and "Barnaby Jones".  Read our review of this multi-channel SACD and see why we highly recommend his SACD album.

Erich Kunzel - "Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture"
Erik Kunzel - "Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture" SACD, click here to read our reviewTelarc re-recorded their 1978 version of this all-time favorite as original stereo and multi-channel DSD recordings, complete with live cannons that literally blew us away.  Read our review.

Spyro Gyra - "In Modern Times"
Spyro Gyra - "In Modern Times" SACD, click here to read our reviewPerhaps their best work, "In Modern Times" proves that this 25-year old jazz group can still come up with fresh music that continues to inspire fellow jazz artists.  Read our review.
 

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Latest SACD Reviews

 

> Erich Kunzel - "Music of the Beatles" (multi-channel SACD)

> Mormon Tabernacle Choir - "The Sound of Glory" (multi-channel SACD)

> Erich Kunzel - "On Broadway" (stereo SACD)

> Gloria Estefan - "Alma Caribeña (Caribbean Soul)" (stereo SACD)

> Gloria Estefan - "Greatest Hits" (stereo SACD)

> Billy Joel - "The Stranger" (multi-channel SACD)

> Warren Bernhardt - "So Real" (multi-channel SACD)

> Spyro Gyra - "In Modern Times" (multi-channel SACD)

> Erich Kunzel - "Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture" (multi-channel SACD)

> Jerry Goldsmith - "The Film Music of Jerry Goldsmith" (multi-channel SACD)

 

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