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Supposedly...

Because the aluminum used in silver discs can corrode, and because gold will not corrode, 24K gold CDs probably won't suffer from as many de-lamination problems over time.

As far as I know, SACD's were always made using gold rather than aluminum, befitting one of it's intended functions (the super and super-durable archival medium for the new millennium). Not to mention the fact that gold looks somewhat blingier than silver does.

But, does gold really and consistently sound *better*? It's possible, but I don't know why it might do. And I don't know that anyone has said that gold ALWAYS sounds better than aluminum does. We know that Mofi and a few other audiophile labels preferred gold over aluminum. OTOH, it's rumored that JVC actually rejected the use of gold for use in their XRCD reissue series.



Edits: 04/04/16

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